Overview

• Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi kept alert levels high, with Jewish sites in Rome under observation, and backed a Bologna ban on a rally judged to glorify the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
• Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto and Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani were denounced to the International Criminal Court for ‘complicity in genocide’.
• Meloni argued recent violence at protests was prearranged and urged restraint on aid flotilla actions, while criticizing the Cgil over a general strike she called pretextual.
• Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini proposed a personal deposit for protest organizers to cover damages and pressed to review strike rules after injuries to police and vandalism claims.
• Political friction intensified as opposition councillors walked out during a Liguria remembrance, Bologna’s mayor condemned a banned pro‑Oct. 7 march but defended granting honorary citizenship to UN official Francesca Albanese, and international mediation in Sharm el‑Sheikh continued alongside ICRC and UN warnings on Gaza’s humanitarian toll.