ROME (ITALPRESS) – “Since the morning of Oct. 7 after the horror of the Hamas assault, Italy has offered support to Israel, reiterated that the Jewish state has the right to defend itself, to respond to the terrorist attack and to eradicate the threat in Gaza. But the war cannot be endless. Israel must admit that its military objectives have been achieved, and that now-after the truce in Lebanon-it is possible to stop operations in Gaza. We have asked them for a proportionate military response, and this has not always been the case, and we have said it outright.” This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in an interview with the newspaper Avvenire. “We worked from the beginning to operationalize our humanitarian action. We have created a coalition with international organizations for what today is a priority,” Tajani explained, “We need to bring assistance to the Palestinian people. The “Food for Gaza” initiative was created with two goals: to help the comparison between UN agencies present in Rome in the food and agriculture sector (FAO, Pam) with institutions dedicated to health such as the International Red Cross and Red Crescent. Second goal: to collect tons of food and medical aid that we started sending to Gaza. We offered with Cooperation funds 15 trucks to the UN Wfp for food distribution inside the Strip. We directly involved both the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government. They are two de facto rival political entities, but they will have to be the political pillars on which to refound a confrontation and negotiations to arrive at the ‘two peoples two states’ solution.””We hope that the cease-fire discussions in the Strip will proceed faster. There is a new proposal, a new Egyptian drive. We need to open the crossings and allow the distribution of aid,” the minister stressed.
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