It is not possible to watch on in
silence as the civilian population of Gaza is slaughtered in the
Israel-Hamas war, centre-left opposition Democratic Party (PD)
leader Elly Schlein said on Tuesday.
"The PD has presented a motion" to parliament on the Middle
East, said Schlein at a press conference in Rome.
"We feel the need for a serious debate on the Gaza tragedy and
this has been our starting point, we cannot watch on in silence
as civilians are massacred," she added.
Over 28,000 civilians, mostly women and children, have
reportedly been killed in Gaza and nearly 68,000 more have been
injured since the start of the Israeli offensive sparked by the
brutal and unprecedented Hamas attacks of October 7 in which
around 1,400 Israeli citizens lost their lives.
On Tuesday Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani
said the war Israel is waging on the Islamist militant group is
causing too many civilian victims.
"At this stage Israel's reaction has become disproportionate,"
Tajani told Radio1.
"There are too many victims who have nothing to do with Hamas,"
he added, calling on Israel to "avoid reprisals against the
Palestinian civilian population".
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