ROME (ITALPRESS) – “The request to move out of Lebanon has been rejected: it is not an Italian choice to be there, it is the choice of the United Nations. Our soldiers are not Hezbollah terrorists, it is unacceptable that they were attacked by the Israeli army.” Thus Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in an interview with “La Stampa.” “The situation has worsened, but our military is not in serious danger and will remain there,” he stressed. “There have been unacceptable episodes that must not happen again. We send a strong message to everyone: our military is not to be touched. Israel did not open fire just once, and we have protested repeatedly, strongly, with the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense.” Minister Crosetto spoke of a “war crime”: “He wanted to send a clear signal to stop the offensive,” he explained. “We have to see whether from the legal point of view there is a war crime. We are waiting for the results of the investigation that Israel announced, I am a guarantor. But I repeat, it is unacceptable that soldiers engaged in peacekeeping missions end up in the crosshairs. It is not even fair: they have light weapons, there are no armored units to repel those attacks. Our soldiers are not Hezbollah terrorists, Israel go and attack their of positions,” he concludes.
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