International Courant
ROME
Professional-Palestinian activists on Tuesday staged a protest on the Port of Genoa, northern Italy in protest of arms shipments to Israel.
Protesters, together with civil society teams and dockers union, blockaded the port early Tuesday in solidarity with Palestinians within the Gaza Strip.
Over 500 protesters prevented the passage of vans carrying containers to be loaded on ships, the Italian state information company ANSA reported.
The gang criticized the arms provide to Israel and opined that the Port of Genoa is a transit level for weapons, used within the “bloodbath” of the Palestinians.
A gaggle, named “giovanipalestinesi” (Younger Palestinians) wrote on Instagram that containers arriving on the Port had been blocked at 6 a.m. native time (0400GMT) Tuesday morning.
It added: “We all know very nicely that the conflict machine begins from the logistics that ship weapons, ammunition and expertise that brought on the genocide of our individuals.”
Israel has killed greater than 37,600 Palestinians for the reason that Oct. 7, 2023 cross-border incursion by Hamas that claimed 1,200 lives. The onslaught has lowered the territory to rubble and led to situations of famine.
Israel, flouting a UN Safety Council decision demanding an instantaneous cease-fire, has confronted worldwide condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7 assault final 12 months by Hamas.
Israel is accused of genocide on the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice, whose newest ruling ordered it to right away halt its operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place greater than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the conflict earlier than it was invaded on Could 6.
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