Italy’s PM says Israel has fallen into a Hamas trap in Gaza

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni told reporters yesterday that she feared Israel was falling into a Hamas trap in its response to the Gaza terror group’s October 7 slaughter in southern Israel.

At a news conference as she wrapped up a Group of Seven summit, Meloni was asked about the Israel-Hamas war and why the G7 had not condemned Israel over the civilian deaths resulting from its offensives against Hamas in Gaza.

“I think we need to remember who started all this and it wasn’t Israel, but someone who killed civilians, women and children,” Meloni said, referring to the October 7 attack in which Hamas-led terrorists massacred some 1,200 people in southern Israel and abducted 251 people, mostly civilians, sparking the war.

“Now we must work for peace, which means dialogue, recognizing Israel’s right to be safe, to live in peace, and the right of the Palestinians to have their own state in which to live peacefully,” she said. “It is the only way to address this problem, our job is to dialogue with everyone.”

“It looks like Israel is jumping into a trap. For the trap of Hamas was to isolate it. It seems it is working,” Meloni said, adding that Israel’s friends “need to give clear words to Israel, for its safety … and this is exactly what Italy is doing.”