Protesters clashed with police within the Italian metropolis of Vicenza on Saturday after an illustration towards the presence of Israeli exhibitors at a world jewellery honest.
Police used water cannons towards protesters who fired smoke bombs and flares after violence broke out following a deliberate march of a whole lot of individuals, with some holding up banners studying “Liberate Palestine” and “Cease Bombing Gaza.”
Greater than 1,300 exhibitors from nearly 40 international locations are current on the Vicenzaoro honest, which opened on Friday and runs till Tuesday, in line with organizers.
A spokesperson instructed AFP that the clashes occurred a number of kilometers away and had no affect on the occasion, however declined to offer data on the Israeli presence on the honest.
Vicenza Mayor Giacomo Possamai stated there was “no justification” for the violence.
“It additionally harms the causes it claims to help – it’s a contradiction in phrases to violently display for peace and a ceasefire,” he stated in a press release on social media.
The Islamist group Hamas launched an unprecedented assault on Israel on October 7, ensuing within the deaths of about 1,140 individuals, largely civilians, in line with an AFP rely primarily based on official figures.
Militants additionally seized about 250 hostages, of whom Israel says about 132 stay in Gaza. No less than 27 prisoners are believed to have been killed, in line with an AFP rely primarily based on Israeli figures.
Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas and is finishing up a brutal air and floor offensive in Gaza, killing a minimum of 24,927 Palestinians, about 70 p.c of them girls, youngsters and adolescents, in line with the Well being Ministry within the Hamas-administered territory.
