“Hands off Italian soldiers,” says Tajani after attack on UNIFIL – TopNews

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani spoke out on Friday for the safety of Italian soldiers after the Israeli army attacked Italian UNIFIL bases in southern Lebanon on Thursday. “Hands off the Italian soldiers, these are not Hezbollah fighters,” Tajani said in Turin, where he attended a meeting with regional governor Alberto Cirio.

“No Italian soldiers were injured in the attacks on the UNIFIL bases,” Tajani said.

“Italian soldiers are safe, but we don’t want the situation to worsen,” he added.

Tajani continued that the Italian military personnel assigned to UNIFIL – including about 1,200 soldiers – “have always ensured, with great respect for the rules, that they work for peace, a situation that would also allow the protection of the Israeli civilian population .”

“They have done their duty, we stand by them, we are following what is happening from minute to minute,” the Foreign Minister added.

Tajani said he had written again to the Israeli foreign minister after the IDF attacked UNIFIL bases on Thursday and a base housing around 70 Italian soldiers was involved in another incident on Friday morning.

“What is going on is unacceptable,” Tajani said.

“Today we wrote again to the Israeli Foreign Minister: We are waiting for an investigation and given that there is clear evidence that Israeli soldiers were responsible for the shooting at UNIFIL bases and this morning another incident at a base “I emphasize that this is inadmissible,” added the Foreign Minister.


   



   

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