Hundreds of thousands flooded Italy’s streets on 3 October as part of a general strike organized to protest Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the kidnapping of hundreds of activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla.

“After what I saw with the flotilla, I thought I couldn’t just stand by and do nothing. It’s the first time I go to these kind of demonstrations,” Mario Mascetti told Reuters after attending the protest in Rome.
The CGIL and USB trade unions organized the demonstrations, which took place in more than 100 cities on the same day Israeli forces intercepted the last of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels.

Organizers said the illegal seizure marked the capture of all 42 boats in the flotilla, each carrying humanitarian aid and international volunteers determined to challenge Israel’s blockade of Gaza.

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