Meloni calls for 'effort' from Israel, will call Netanyahu

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 18 - Premier Giorgia Meloni said after talks in Beirut Friday with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati that Israel needed to make a fresh effort at peace in Gaza, saying that the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar could open up a window fro a "new season" of peace.
    She said she would telephone Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as soon as her trip to Jordan and Lebanon was over.
    "I came here to reiterate Italy's commitment to the ceasefire," she told a press conference in Beirut.
    "Italy, with other international partners, has proposed a 21-day ceasefire. Mikati and (Speaker Nabih) Berri have agreed to the proposal, now an effort is needed from Israel".
    She said Sinwar's "disappearance can offer a window for a new season, a window that must be seized by Israel". (ANSA).