Italy suspends long-standing defence agreement with Israel
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“Italy has suspended the renewal of a 20-year-long defence agreement with Israel”
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The claim that Italy suspended its defense agreement with Israel is reported by multiple independent sources, including France 24 and Break The Web, linking the action to tensions regarding peacekeepers in Lebanon.
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— The Aermacchi M-346 Master is a family of military twin-engine transonic advanced jet trainers and light combat aircraft. Originally co-developed with Yakovlev as the Yak/AEM-130, the partnership was …
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— The Israel national football team (Hebrew: נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל, romanized: Nivḥeret Yīsrāʾēl BeḴaduregel) represents Israel in men's international football, and is governed by the Israel Football Asso…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_national_football_team
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— Israel–Italy relations are the foreign relations between the State of Israel and the Italian Republic. Italy recognized Israel on 8 February 1949, after the Declaration of the Establishment of the Sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Italy_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Italy_relations
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“the Italian government accused Israeli forces of firing warning shots at a convoy of Italian peacekeepers in Lebanon”
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The claim is explicitly confirmed by Al Jazeera (cross-reference), France 24, and Break The Web. Additionally, the Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto is cited in web results denouncing the actions of Israeli forces against UN peacekeepers.
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— Israel–Italy relations are the foreign relations between the State of Israel and the Italian Republic. Italy recognized Israel on 8 February 1949, after the Declaration of the Establishment of the Sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Italy_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Italy_relations
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— Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezbollah–Israel conflict that b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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— On 8 April 2026, shortly after the announcement of a ceasefire to the 2026 Iran war and Hezbollah signalling a pause in attacks against Israel according to the ceasefire, Israel launched what it descr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_April_2026_Israeli_attacks_o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_April_2026_Israeli_attacks_o…
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