"There are many initiatives to save lives, we have to see if Hamas responds positively: it seems to me that it has already responded negatively to the Egyptian proposal and this is the demonstration that Hamas wants war and wants to shield itself with the Palestinian people for its criminal activities". This was stated by Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani during a press conference in Tel Aviv. " Hamas is like ISIS, like the SS, like the Gestapo, they do the same things, they are terrorists, murderers and they are using the Palestinian people as a shield, which is not right, we must avoid that there are more innocent deaths", said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on a visit to southern Israel.
"We are here to give our solidarity to Israel, hoping that peace can be achieved and that Israel's reaction will be a reaction that does not cause too many dramas among the civilian population. But Israel has the right to defend itself and I am convinced that it will have a proportionate reaction and will do everything to hit only Hamas," the deputy prime minister said.
"The priority for Italy is the rescue of hostages," Minister Tajani said, adding "they are not soldiers and for this reason it is important to have corridors." "We will do our best to save these innocent people."
"Italy defends Israel's right to integrity and its right to exist." This was stated by Foreign MinisterAntonio Tajani to Italian journalists in the embassy in Tel Aviv. "No one can wipe Israel off the map. We want peace, we are for the two-state solution. But Israel has the right to defend itself."
Von der Leyen and Metsola in Israel: "We must stop Hamas". In Tel Aviv in the bomb shelter
"We are here to express our solidarity with the Israeli people following the terrible Hamas terrorist attack," von der Leyen writes in X. How we respond is important. We can - must - stop Hamas. And do everything possible to mitigate the humanitarian consequences," Metsola added. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola were late in the morning at kibbutz Kfar Azza, the scene of one of the most brutal massacres committed by Hamas last Saturday. "The unspeakable acts committed by Hamas in this place will pass into worldwide infamy. Hamas is a terrorist organization. They do not represent the aspirations of the Palestinian people, they stand in the way. Their brutality can never be justified," Metsola wrote in X. "We were in Kfar Azza. One of the epicenters of the atrocities committed by Hamas last weekend. The horror of what happened here is unspeakable. We mourn with the families of the victims," von der Leyen wrote. Both posted the image of them in the kibbutz, wearing bulletproof vests and surrounded by soldiers.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and Israeli President Isaac Herzog had to interrupt their meeting in Tel Aviv to take cover with their delegations in a shelter during the anti-aircraft alert.
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