Meloni says attack by Hamas emulators in Italy cannot be ruled out

2023-10-10 22:09:21

“[Existe] he emulation risk of criminal acts like those of Hamas that also reach us.” This is how the Prime Minister of Italy expressed herself this Tuesday, Giorgia Meloni, on the sidelines of a meeting in the synagogue of Rome. Although at the moment there is no indication that an attack could occur in the country, Italy has been the scene of an attack perpetrated by a group of Palestinian extremists that occurred in 1985.

“It is necessary intensify protection of Jewish citizens [que viven en Italia]”, said, in this context, the transalpine president. “I have come here to say that we will defend the citizens against all forms of antisemitism“, has added.

The Italian politician went to the Hebrew temple, one of the most important in the country, in an unannounced visit with which she wanted, as she said, to “bring solidarity” to the jewish community from Rome and all of Italy. “In the house-to-house search of civilians, children and young people, there is hatred towards an entire town […] I think it is evident that we must intensify the protection of citizens of the Jewish religion, even in our territory,” the head of the Italian Government stated from there.

Attack at the airport

As in other European countries, also in cities such as Rome, Milan and Naples, they have been reinforced since Sunday security measures in sensitive places, especially in the Israeli embassies to Italy and the Vatican, in the Ghetto neighborhood of Rome, in the synagogue, in restaurants and centers of Jewish culture. Likewise, surveillance has been increased at airports with flights to Israel.

In fact, the last attack in Italy linked to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict occurred precisely at an airport.

Occurred December 27, 1985 when a commando answering to the Palestinian leader Abu Nidal (then belonging to a group opposed to the most moderate factions and later considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world by the Western secret services) attacked the Roman airport of Fiumicino with hand bombs and Kalashnikov. His supposed objective, according to some later investigations, was hijack a plane and then do it fall upon Israel. In the attack, 16 people died and 80 others were injured.