Violence against civilians in Gaza 'no longer justifiable': Italy

Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza were no longer justifiable, Italy said on Monday in one of the strongest rebukes Rome has delivered to Israel, Reuters reported. 

"There is an increasingly difficult situation, in which the Palestinian people are being squeezed without regard for the rights of innocent men, women and children who have nothing to do with Hamas and this can no longer be justified," Defence Minister Guido Crosetto told SkyTG24 TV.

"We are watching the situation with despair."