Overview

• Police used tear gas and water cannons after a few hundred protesters split from a largely peaceful Rome march and set fires, authorities said.
• Hundreds of thousands marched in the capital on Saturday as nationwide demonstrations continued following the October 3 general strike organized by CGIL.
• The earlier strike drew over two million participants in more than 100 cities, disrupting transport, schools and some hospitals, with protesters blocking the Port of Livorno.
• Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the strike as politically motivated and later praised law enforcement for their response to the unrest.
• The mobilization was spurred by Israel's interception of the Global Sumud flotilla carrying Italian activists, with truce talks between Israel and Hamas expected to start Monday in Egypt.