Overview

• Police said at least 60 officers were injured in Milan, including 23 hospitalized, after clashes in which a group tried to force entry into the central station and officers used batons and tear gas.
• Authorities reported at least a dozen arrests in the city, with projectiles thrown and damage to station entrances during the confrontations.
• Demonstrations were held in roughly 80 cities, with about 50,000 people in Rome and public broadcaster Rai estimating total participation at 100,000 or more.
• The stoppage, organized by the grassroots union USB to protest the humanitarian situation in Gaza and press for sanctions on Israel, disrupted long-distance rail, limited urban transit, and prompted school and university blockades.
• Port access in Genoa and Livorno was blocked, and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the violence, blaming “self-styled Antifa” and “self-styled pacifists,” as major unions largely did not join the strike.