Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister
Antonio Tajani said that the government hopes to get the 10 to
12 Italians who had been living in the Gaza Strip out of the
enclave on Monday after the outbreak of war between Hamas and
Israel.
"Above all, we have to prevent Italians being involved in this
war," Tajani told Rai radio.
"That is why we repatriated the highest possible number of the
pilgrims and tourists who were in Israel, over 1,000".
Three Italian-Israelis are missing after Hamas's attacks on
Israel and it is suspected that they are among the hostages
being held by the Islamist group.
"Our priority is to rescue the hostages," Tajani said.
"Today the Premier (Giorgia Meloni) and I will meet the King of
Jordan and his foreign minister
"We are doing everything we can via the Arab countries to ensure
that a message reaches Hamas for of the release of the hostages.
"There are three Italians who are probably hostages of Hamas or
other parallel organizations, a married couple and a young man
who participated in a rave.
"But naturally we are working to free all the hostages through
our diplomacy".
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