The Italians are fuming with Israel after the Israel Defense Forces allegedly fired ammunitions near a United Nations peacekeeping force in Southern Lebanon, Italian media reported on Wednesday.

Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto accused the IDF of deliberately targeting the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), saying that the incident was “not a mistake,” according to the Agenzia Nova news agency.

“This is a significant, serious act. And the difference with past incidents is that this incident affected both UNIFIL and our contingent,” Crosetto told newspaper Il Foglio on Wednesday, Agenzia Nova reported.

“I will express to my Israeli counterpart, with all the force possible, our total disapproval for what happened,” he added.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani con

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