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Italy says it stands ready to train police in Gaza
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Italian police confront pro-Palestinian demonstrators who took to the streets in downtown Rome late Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, after news that a Gaza-bound aid flotilla had been intercepted by Israeli forces in the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Italy is prepared to help train police forces in Gaza and elsewhere in the Palestinian territories, its foreign minister says, as Rome aims to play a role in stabilizing the Middle East.
“We are ready to train a new Gaza police force, and we are also ready to train a Palestinian police force,” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani tells a news conference in Rome.
He confirms that Rome was ready to participate as an observer in US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace initiative, and Italy had been invited to attend a meeting of the group this week in Washington.
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