Spain announced last week that it would cancel a $207 million deal to purchase the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Litening 5 system, financial newspaper Globes reported Thursday, making it the third major contract that the Spanish government has canceled with Israeli arms companies.

The cancellation came as Madrid approved a total arms embargo on Israel as part of a package of measures aimed at halting what Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called “the genocide in Gaza.”

The decree prohibits all exports to Israel of defense material and dual-use products or technologies, and the import of such equipment to Spain.

Rafael describes the Litening advanced targeting pod as being “the world’s most widely used, combat-proven targeting and navigation pod,” which excels due to is target detection, recognition and identification sensors.

Last month, Rafael signed a  €358 million ($415 million) deal with the German Air Force for advanced targeting technology for fighter aircraft, including 90 Litening 5 targeting pods.

The deal for the Litening 5 system is the third such deal that Spain has reneged on in recent weeks.

Earlier this month, it canceled a contract worth nearly $825 million for the purchase of 12 SILAM rocket launcher systems, derived from the PULS platform made by Israeli firm Elbit Systems.

It also formalized the cancellation of another contract for 168 anti-tank missile launchers, which were to be manufactured under license from an Israeli company.

That contract, valued at $337.5 million, was first reported by the press in June.

While Spain has been a long-time critic of Israel’s policies toward Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, it has recently ratcheted up its rhetoric against Israel, with Sanchez callimh it a “genocidal state” last month.

His foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares, told reporters last month that Spain would request the “immediate suspension” of the European Union’s cooperation deal with Israel over the war with Hamas in Gaza, and would urge partners to impose an arms embargo.

Israel has not had an ambassador in Spain since Madrid recognized the State of Palestine in 2024, and earlier this month, Spain recalled its ambassador to Israel after heated exchanges over Sanchez’s new measures.