We struggled to pronounce the word “genocide”, We have silenced and gone by exchange the classrooms of Montecitorio for a money bar during the discussions on the motions relating to Gaza, we always said”But but on October 7th …“, While an entire population came (comes) exhausted by hunger and bombs.
In these hours (also marked by yet another shipwreck in Lampedusa), however, 31 girls and boys of Gaza and their families landed in Italy to receive assistance and medical care in various hospital structures, from north to south. At the same time, the aviolancio of basic necessities carried out by the defense in the field of the humanitarian mission “Solidarity Path Operation 2“.
Italy is in the front row to help the populations suffering, the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, crashes.
In dramatic contexts such as that of the Gaza Strip – concludes a note from the Ministry of Defense instead – solidarity is expressed with concrete gestures, rather than with words. Today’s health transport is a further sign of the commitment of Italy and the defense alongside the civilian population affected by a very serious humanitarian emergency.
The children will be welcomed in the following hospital structures: Bambin Gesù in Rome, Santobono of Naples, Hospital of Padua, Gaslini of Genoa, mass opa, Pope John XXIII of Bergamo, Hospital of Perugia, Polyclinic Sant’Orsola from Bologna, Niguarda and Buzzi from Milan, Meyer of Florence, University Hospital of Verona, “Civil Spedal” Brescia, Hospital of L’Aquila, “Cisanello” of Pisa.
“Gaza-Washing”: Are our humanitarian initiatives just an image operation?
The image you want to give is that of a humanitarian Italy, ready to welcome and bring help. All “bridges” that in reality coexist with the logistical and technological ones that feed the war machine. Geopolitical reality is in fact much more complex.
As we skid rescue missions, our country continues to maintain commercial and military relationships with Israel, including the sale of dual use of weapon and technologies, in full violation of the spirit – if not of the letter – of the law 185/90, which prohibits exports towards states engaged in conflicts that violate human rights (Italy continues to export to the Aviv of weapon and military technologies, including drones, Components for war use, according to the Report on Italian exports to Tel Aviv built by crossing the data of the Sipri, the International Institute of Stockholm for the search for peace).
Not only that: Italy has supported and voted, in European and Atlantic, positions that in fact legitimize Israeli operations, adopting a political language centered on the “defense of Israel“And relegating the Palestinian victims to a side note. While we present ourselves as” mediators “and” bearers of aid “, we continue to guarantee military cooperation and intelligence to a state that the International Court of Justice has investigated for suspicious genocide. It is a diplomatic short circuit that risks reducing our humanitarian initiatives to mere image operation.
And then there is the choice of silent field: no real pressure for a ceased fire, no formal reference to the embargo of weapons, no suspension of bilateral military agreements. Italy presents itself as a “vocals for peace” but remains firmly anchored to the strategic interests that Israel see as a key partner in the Middle East.
In the meantime, a few dozen injured children are welcomed in Italian hospitals, and it is fine!, But other thousands of thousands remain under the bombs, invisible to our public opinion.
Sources: Ministry of Defense / Sipri Report ON GLOBAL ARMS Trade (2025)
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