Overview

• Palestinian community and student groups have called a national demonstration for Gaza and the flotilla in central Rome.
• Attendance projections diverge, with reports expecting at least 20,000 participants as student leader Maya Issa urges “a million.”
• The Questura convened a technical table led by Questore Roberto Massucci and ordered targeted checks at train stations and highway tolls.
• Thousands of police, carabinieri and finance officers with armored vehicles and water cannon are deployed following overnight route sweeps and removal of vehicles and bins.
• Authorities identify the Colosseum area, Via Labicana, Via Merulana and Piazza San Giovanni as sensitive points, and road closures, bus diversions and parking bans are in place until at least 7 p.m.