The Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Israel participated in the presentation of Sharon Nizza's book '7 October 2023, the Longest Day' at the Gutman Museum in Tel Aviv. Some Italian survivors of the massacre also took part in the event.
The Italian Ambassador Luca Ferrari, the embassy reported, emphasised 'the necessary narrative value of the book, which collects direct testimonies of the victims on the dramatic events of the morning of 7 October. A genocidal massacre. A dark page not only for the Israeli people but for the entire human community," he said. "There are numerous video documents about the tragic events of that morning. But this book, with its words, manages to powerfully evoke the ruthlessness and the drama that unfolded more than a year ago. On 7 October, we all awoke to discover that the horror of anti-Semitism, despite the time that has elapsed since the Second World War, is still too deep-rooted and capable of striking at the heart of people considered guilty of existing only because they profess the Jewish faith,' Ferrari continued.
The Ambassador stressed that "7 October, as long as there are Israeli hostages in the hands of Hamas in the underground depths of the Gaza Strip, remains an open wound". "The release of the hostages," the Ambassador concluded, "is an imperative humanitarian issue to begin a process of overcoming the trauma of those who have lost their loved ones or are waiting to be reunited with them, but it is also necessary to put an end to the long conflict in Gaza and to set in motion an unstoppable process of reconciliation.
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