Italy's prime minister wants Israel to apologize for treatment of flotilla activists

NPR | By Megan Williams,

Leila Fadel

Published May 22, 2026 at 4:43 AM EDT

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wants an apology from Israel over the treatment of Italian citizens on a flotilla bound for Gaza.

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