A complaint lodged with the world court points to the Italian government’s role supplying lethal weapons to Israel amid its war on Gaza.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has been accused of “complicity in genocide” in a complaint lodged with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Rome’s support for Israel as it bombards Gaza.
Meloni made the statement during an interview with state television company RAI, in the first public comment on the situation, which has not been confirmed by the international court.
Meloni said Defence Minister Guido Crosetto and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani have also been “denounced”, referring to when the court is officially alerted to a possible crime. She said that she believes that Roberto Cingolani, head of Italian weapons and aerospace company Leonardo, might
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