Nearly one million workers across Italy staged a massive general strike, transforming city squares from Val d'Aosta to Sicily into seas of protest against their government's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. The action coincided with the World Federation of Trade Unions' call for a "Global Week of Action" in solidarity with Palestine as well as several Western governments officially recognizing the State of Palestine. In Rome, a crowd of 300,000 protesters occupied the city's main railway hub, Termini, before marching through the streets, waving Palestinian flags and chanting, "Freedom for Palestine."

*** Italy, Spain Send Warships to Protect Gaza Food Flotilla ***

The Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla is reporting that explosions, multiple drones, and chemical devices have targeted their boats near Greece. The group says it's the seventh attack on the flotilla. In response, Italy and Spain sent warships to protect the volunteers. The Global Sumud Flotilla will attempt to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Passengers include the Swedish samaritan Greta Thunberg and Nelson Mandela's grandson, the South African MP Mandla Mandela. A Global Sumud Flotilla volunteer reported: "And we have been attacked by eight drones, eight attacks so far. Seven of them has hit the boats. One of them, it was like a chemical substance. The other six were explosions above the boats. Some of them created structural damage on the boats. No one has been hurt so far."