Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto revealed anger over Israel’s strikes in Gaza in an interview he had with Reuters on Tuesday.
Italy, like the United States, has actually securely supported Israel throughout its war with Hamas following the October 7 massacre. Nevertheless, Crosetto slammed current Israeli actions in Gaza.
” For me, a Palestinian kid deserves as much as a Ukrainian kid or an Italian kid. A Palestinian medical facility deserves as much as a Ukrainian medical facility or an Italian medical facility,” he stated.
Crosetto included that Israel required to acknowledge its errors.
” In some cases you require to have the nerve to state ‘sorry,'” he stated.
The minister stated that he was sorry for completion of a ceasefire last month and fretted that the violence might ripple beyond Gaza.
” Gaza is a pond in which a stone is being tossed every day, and the circles that this stone develops expand increasingly more,” he stated, referring particularly to the hazard of war with Iran.
Crosseto’s history with Israel
Crosetto checked out Israel in December 2024 as a visitor of Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.
In March 2024, Italy chose to continue to export arms to Israel in spite of guarantees in 2015 that the federal government was obstructing such sales following Israel’s intrusion of the Gaza Strip.
At the time, Crosetto informed the Italian Parliament that after confirming that the weapons would not be utilized versus Gaza’s civilians, just orders that had actually been formerly signed were being honored.
Under Italian law, there is a restriction on exporting arms to nations that are waging war and to those considered as breaking worldwide human rights.
After a wave of violent antisemitic demonstrations broke out throughout Italy after the October 7 massacre, Crosetto, in March 2025, required brand-new legislation to secure police officers and apparently condemned the “cruelty” of the protesters, consisting of the ones in Bologna.
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