The leader of the Italian opposition party "5 Star Movement", former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte asked the government to recall the Italian ambassador from Israel following the bombing of the Hamas headquarters located in Al-Tabi'in school. in Gaza City.
„Mass killings take place every day, those who survive the bombings die of hunger, thirst and disease. It is a systematic extermination carried out by the extremist government of Israel. Condemnation is not enough. "We demand that the government recall the Italian ambassador from Tel Aviv in protest against the war crimes of Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet," Il Fatto quotidiano quoted him as saying. As the publication points out, in addition to the "five-star" the request was supported by the Green Alliance and the left, while the Democratic Party, although it condemned the airstrike that killed civilians, believed it was better to maintain diplomatic relations in such situations.
Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that “the bombing of a school in Gaza is unacceptable” and called on Israel to respect humanitarian law. This recording only appeared after similar statements by colleagues from France, Great Britain, Spain and the EU's foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell, the paper said.
On the morning of August 10, the Israeli army reported an airstrike against the Hamas headquarters, which was located in al-Tabi'in school. in Gaza City. According to the Palestinian enclave's civil defense office, at least 93 people were killed in the attack, including 11 children and 6 women. The Israeli army defined these figures as overestimated.