Oscar winning Spanish actor Javier Bardem denounced the Israeli government for committing “crimes against humanity” in the Gaza Strip as he urged the international community to hold those responsible to account, Anadolu reports.

Bardem told reporters at the Donostia Award as part of the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, that Israeli leadership, under its most radical government, is committing “crimes against humanity and international law.”

He noted that the Oct 7 attacks by that was led by the Palestine resistance group, Hamas, could not justify the collective punishment of Palestinians as he defined the Israeli attacks as “totally inadmissible, terrible and dehumanising,” Variety magazine reported.

The Oscar-winning actor also urged countries, especially the US and the UK, to reconsider their “unconditional support” for Israel and urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to hold those responsible accountable.