RAI Sport presenter Alessandro Antinelli wore a black ribbon on air during coverage of Italy-Israel on Tuesday night to honour the ‘250 journalists killed in Gaza.’
RAI journalist Alessandro Antinelli honoured the 250 journalists killed in Gaza over the last two years during live coverage of Italy-Israel on Tuesday night.
Italian journalist pays tribute to journalists killed in Gaza
Antinelli showed the ribbon and explained that he wore it to commemorate the “250 journalists killed in the war in Gaza, in what the United Nations commission of inquiry defined as a genocide. They tried to report, but regrettably, it is a fact that they didn’t return home.”
Before the game, over 10,000 people peacefully protested in the centre of Udine, and a minority group of agitators clashed with police before kick-off.
Italy eventually beat Israel 3-0, securing at least a runners-up finish in Group I.
Italian TV presenter Antinelli wears a black ribbon on air in honor of “the 250 journalists killed in Gaza, in a genocide that they tried to report on but from which they did not return.”
This genocide will neither be forgotten or forgiven. pic.twitter.com/FbT7TIXvpi
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