{"id":11305,"date":"2026-04-30T15:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/11305\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:08:07","slug":"italy-slams-israel-over-interception-of-global-sumud-flotilla-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/11305\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy slams Israel over interception of Global Sumud Flotilla vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>30 April 2026 18:21<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Italy has condemned Israel\u2019s interception of aid vessels heading toward Gaza and called for the immediate release of all Italians who have been \u201cunlawfully detained,\u201d according to a statement from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rome also called on Israel to comply with international law and ensure the safety of everyone on board. The statement did not specify how many Italian citizens were among those detained, <a style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219);\" href=\"https:\/\/caliber.az\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Caliber.Az<\/a> reports per <a style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/italy-condemns-unlawful-israeli-interception-gaza-aid-flotilla-2026-04-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe government reaffirms its commitment to continuing to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza within the framework of our cooperation and in accordance with international law,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Israeli forces <a style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219);\" href=\"https:\/\/caliber.az\/en\/post\/israeli-forces-intercept-gaza-bound-aid-flotilla-in-international-waters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">intercepted<\/a> the vessels in international waters near Greece late on April 29, an action organisers from the Global Sumud Flotilla described as piracy against boats carrying humanitarian supplies to the war-damaged Palestinian enclave.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Meloni\u2019s right-wing government has been one of Israel\u2019s closest partners in Europe, though in recent weeks it has voiced criticism over strikes in Lebanon that have caused hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Earlier this month, Italy suspended a defence cooperation agreement with Israel over developments in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Israeli military had previously stopped a similar flotilla organised by the same group last October during an attempt to reach blockaded Gaza, detaining Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and more than 450 participants.<\/p>\n<p>By Jeyhun Aghazada<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 58<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"30 April 2026 18:21 Italy has condemned Israel\u2019s interception of aid vessels heading toward Gaza and called for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[222,228,227,223,226,221,225,5,224,220],"class_list":{"0":"post-11305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","12":"tag-international-experts","13":"tag-interviews","14":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","15":"tag-italy","16":"tag-news-from-baku","17":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}