Overview
- Giulia Sorrentino of Il Giornale was confronted, insulted, and forced away while covering a Milan demonstration supporting Mohammad Hannoun and other detainees.
- Il Giornale published video of the verbal aggression, capturing chants telling a “Zionist” to leave the march and insults directed at the journalist.
- Political leaders, including Senate President Ignazio La Russa, and journalist associations issued statements condemning the intimidation and urging action by authorities.
- Protest organizers included Associazione Palestinesi in Italia, Csa Vittoria, Cub, Usb, SI Cobas and allied groups, with participants denouncing transfers of detainees to high-security prisons in Terni, Ferrara and Calabria.
- Related rallies were held the same day in Rome and Florence, with protesters in Rome burning three U.S. flags outside a march toward the American Embassy.