More than 2 million people rallied across Italy in over 100 cities for a one-day general strike to support the residents of Gaza and a humanitarian aid mission.

Italian unions proclaimed the strike after the Global Sumud Flotilla that was trying to deliver aid to Gaza was intercepted by Israeli naval forces earlier in the week. Protests and demonstrations have sprung up all over Europe and globally since then, but they have been particularly strong in Italy.

Italy's conservative Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had sharply criticised the strike. She anticipated it would cause widespread disruption across the country and said it was politically motivated and targeted her right-wing government.

According to Italy's largest union, the CGIL, 300,000 people marched through the streets of Rome

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