Italy’s Meloni Accused Over Gaza Arms In ICC Complaint
October 8, 2025
8:17 am
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is facing an unprecedented legal challenge, with a complaint lodged at the International Criminal Court accusing her of “complicity in genocide” over Italy’s military support for Israel in Gaza.
The complaint also names Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, and potentially Roberto Cingolani, head of Italy’s Leonardo aerospace and defense company. The filing, signed by roughly fifty academics, lawyers, and public figures, claims that supplying weapons to Israel has implicated Italy in serious war crimes and crimes against humanity against Palestinians.
Meloni addressed the situation publicly for the first time in a televised …
