According to Reuters, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Chief Tajani "rarely condemned" the Israeli army on Monday (18th) for the latter's alleged shooting and killing of people in a Catholic church in the Gaza Strip. According to al-Tajani, such actions have nothing to do with the fight against the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and will not help Israel defeat the group.
According to the report, Tajani criticized Israel at the annual meeting of Italian envoys abroad, saying that "an Israeli sniper killed two women in a church." This has nothing to do with the fight against Hamas, because *** is certainly not hiding in the church. ”
Italy has been verbally supporting Israel since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, but like many Western countries, Italy is concerned about the soaring death toll in Israel's protracted air and ground offensives in the Gaza Strip. "[We] strongly condemn Hamas's ...... of attacks against defenceless civiliansWe also hope that Israel's response will be ......It's proportionate, don't harm civilians," Tajani said.
According to the report, a spokesman for Israel said on Sunday (17th) that the incident is still under investigation.
According to a previous report by CNN and The Times of Israel, Israeli military snipers were accused of shooting and killing two women near a Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on the 16th, and Pope Francis commented that "unarmed civilians" were targeted by guns and bombs. According to the Financial Times, on December 17, local time, the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Germany and France all called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible to reduce civilians**.