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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 565

Italy

Rescuers on the site where a cable car carrying tourists south of Naples has crashed after the cable snapped, killing at least four people and injuring one in Castellamare di Stabia, near Naples, Italy, April 17, 2025. (Alessandro Garofalo/LaPresse via AP)
April 18, 2025, 4:11 am
Israeli woman among 4 killed in southern Italy cable car accident
Media identifies victim as Janan Suliman, 25; Italian newspaper reports that another Israeli tourist was critically wounded in crash, is being treated in an intensive care unit
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A farmer harvests the ‘manna’ sap from an ash tree in the Madonie region in Sicily. (Courtesy of the Museum of the Manna in Pollina)
April 12, 2025, 8:32 am
In this Sicilian town, manna is a heavenly delicacy with deep roots
For centuries, farmers in the Madonie region have harvested sap from ash trees, and called it after a biblical predecessor. Once used for its therapeutic properties, the white, sugary product is now a culinary hit
By Rossella Tercatin
Pope Francis makes a thumbs-up gesture as he appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, March 23, 2025, where he has been treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia since February 14. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
March 23, 2025, 4:37 pm
Pope Francis returns from hospital after 5 week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia
Pontiff greets faithful for two minutes from Vatican balcony, leaves on wheelchair with oxygen tube; Francis, 88, suffered ‘critical’ moments in hospital, but remained conscious
By Clement Melki
Archaeologists at Ostia Antica near Rome, Italy, unveiled what they believe is the oldest mikveh ever found outside the land of Israel in March 2025. (Parco archeologico di Ostia antica)
March 14, 2025, 12:14 pm
Roman-era Jewish bath in Italy may be oldest outside of Israel, points to vibrant Diaspora
Newly excavated site in Ostia Antica, dating as early as the 3rd century CE, offers fresh insight and new enigmas about the city’s potential melting pot of Roman Empire communities
By Rossella Tercatin
Italian Cabinet Minister Luca Ciriani, left back, speaks during Question Time in the Chamber of Deputies, in Rome, February 12, 2025. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)
February 13, 2025, 2:45 pm
Italy denies spying on journalists, migrant activists using Israeli spyware
Rome says it will cooperate with probe into ‘vulnerabilities’ after at least 7 Italian cellphones apparently hacked with military-grade cyber surveillance tech Paragon
By Nicole Winfield and Paolo Santalucia
Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, Head of Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) arrives to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for court hearing on the entering of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, July 21, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 13, 2025, 10:07 pm
Anti-Israel group asks Italy, The Hague to arrest COGAT head on ‘secret’ trip to Rome
Hind Rajab Foundation claims Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian guilty of genocide, war crimes for overseeing blockade on Gaza, citing ‘human animals’ comment made at start of war
By ToI Staff
Students clash with police near the Politecnico University in Turin during a demonstration on December 13, 2024. (MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)
January 12, 2025, 8:31 pm
Bologna Synagogue attacked in protests after Egyptian-Italian’s death in police chase
Demonstrators throw Molotov cocktails, fireworks at synagogue, spray ‘Justice free Gaza’ on wall near Ramy Elgaml’s name
By ToI Staff
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala in undated footage from the Tg3 news program on Italy's state broacaster RAI. (Screen capture: X/Tg3, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 27, 2024, 7:53 pm
Italian journalist said detained in Iran for more than a week, no reason given
Cecilia Sala left for Iran December 12 with a journalism visa and was scheduled to return a week later, but went dark a day before; Italian defense minister calls arrest ‘unacceptable’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Italian soccer fans giving fascist salutes to celebrate a goal scored by the great-grandson of wartime dictator Benito Mussolini, Cesena, Italy, December 23, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 24, 2024, 6:05 pm
Fascist salutes after soccer goal by Mussolini’s great-grandson to be probed
Fans of club Juve Stabia give outstretched arm gesture to celebrate winning goal by Romano Floriani Mussolini; Italian soccer federation opens investigation
By AFP and ToI Staff
Sara Funaro, then assessor of Florence, attends the Righteous Among The Nations award ceremony for Bisto and Stella Nepi, who saved a Jewish fugitive from fascists and Nazis during World War II, at Florence Synagogue on April 18, 2023. (Roberto Serra - Iguana Press/Getty Images/File)
December 18, 2024, 4:33 pm
Meet Sara Funaro, the first female – and first Jewish – mayor of Florence, Italy
Born to a Jewish father and Catholic mother, the incoming city head converted to Judaism in her 20s, does not make her religious identity a central part of her political one
By Rossella Tercatin
Members of the Syrian community wave Syrian flags in Berlin, Germany, and celebrate the end of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's rule after rebel fighters took control of the Syrian capital Damascus on December 8, 2024. (Frank ZELLER / AFP)
December 8, 2024, 3:25 pm
Global leaders urge calm, stability after rebels oust Assad regime
US says ‘closely monitoring’ situation, while senior Russian lawmaker predicts civil war will continue; others warn against letting terror groups seize power
By Agencies
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani holds a press conference at the end of the G7 of foreign Ministers in Fiuggi, November 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)
November 26, 2024, 9:29 pm
Italy says clarity needed on ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant
G7 avoids explicitly mentioning warrants at end of summit but says Israel has to comply with all international law
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A ball of fire erupts at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs on November 22, 2024. (Fadel Itani/AFP)
November 22, 2024, 9:50 pm
IDF pounds Hezbollah sites across Lebanon; 80 rockets, UAVs target northern Israel
South Lebanon strikes said to kill 5 Hezbollah-linked medics; Nahariya factory hit; no injuries reported in fresh attacks; Italy blames terror group after rockets hurt 4 UNIFIL troops
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Screen capture from video of Italian police facing off against anti-Israel protesters at the headquarters of defense company Leonardo in Turin, Italy, November 13, 2024. (Corriere: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 13, 2024, 7:11 pm
Students occupy Italian defense firm Leonardo’s Turin headquarters to protest Gaza war
Anti-Israel activists say Italian weapons firm is complicit in alleged ‘genocide;’ Italy’s defense minister slams demonstrators as ‘dangerous subversives’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Italy's Prime Minister and leader of the far-right party Brothers of Italy (Fratelli D'Italia - FDI) Giorgia Meloni holds flowers during a press conference following the results of the European Elections in Rome on June 10, 2024.(Filippo Monteforte/AFP)
October 26, 2024, 7:20 pm
Italy commemorates defeated fascist troops who fought with Nazis in key WWII battle
Italian defense ministry says soldiers killed at El Alamein died for ‘freedom’; opposition slams far-right government, says troops ‘were sent to die’ by fascists
By AP
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