The Italian authorities blocked all new arms offers with Israel inside weeks after it launched a warfare on Gaza, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has advised the Senate, in accordance with the ANSA news company.
Speaking to the Senate Tuesday, Meloni defended the arms agreements Italy has with Israel, saying the situations had been stricter than these of different Western nations.
“After the start of operations in Gaza, the government immediately suspended all new export licenses and all agreements signed after Oct. 7 were not implemented,” she mentioned throughout a debate forward of Thursday’s European Council summit.
“The licenses authorized before are all being analyzed on a case-by-case basis by the competent authority at the foreign ministry.”
“I want to recall that the Italian policy of completely blocking of all new licenses is much more restrictive than that applied by our partners – France, Germany and the United Kingdom,” the Italian chief added.
“These partners continue to use case-by-case assessments, including for new licenses.”
“We have blocked everything,” she mentioned.
Israel has continued a genocidal warfare on Gaza, following an incursion by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, final October, regardless of a U.N. Security Council decision calling for a right away cease-fire.
The Israeli navy has killed greater than 42,400 individuals since, largely girls and kids, and over 99,100 injured, in accordance with Gazan well being authorities.
It has additionally displaced virtually the complete inhabitants of Gaza amid an ongoing blockade that has led to extreme shortages of meals, clear water and drugs.
Israel faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.
Source: www.dailysabah.com