"Today we will probably return" the contingent of carabinieri who are in Jericho. This was announced by the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, during an interview at the Festa del Foglio.
"Last night the situation was calm, today it is no longer - he underlined -. We are evaluating and they should come back today. It's 22 carabinieri."
The minister also said he plans to cancel the Armed Forces holiday on November 4. "I'm thinking of canceling it, of not doing it this year - he added - because I don't think it's right to increase a risk factor, it's not a normal event. Why do I have to risk giving a stage to a madman or a series of crazy people who want to do something meaningful? I have an obligation to think the worst."
"It is useless to remember if it does not allow us to learn - he said to Crosetto in Kefalonia for the anniversary of the massacre of Italians -: it means understanding from history how to behave on what happens today. History teaches us that even in war human rules can be respected or not, that when the enemy surrenders he is respected and not killed, that women, children, hospitals and the civilian community must be kept out. Against terrorism we respond all together without reflecting for a second and we do so by remembering that there are values even in war, even against enemies".
"I address the Italian community: the war in Ukraine had already worsened the climate in the world and the wound that has now opened on the Middle East can only aggravate this situation. The consequences of wars that seem distant to us will eventually reach the whole world and we must prepare ourselves because at such a time we must not divide ourselves, because if reason does not prevail they will be difficult moments that can cause injuries and spread the fire far beyond the Gaza Strip. Let us prepare to help the weakest part of the country that remains most affected by these shocks".
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