A 22-year-old boy was arrested for the two incendiary bottles thrown during the night between January 31st and February 1st against the US consulate in Florence. The young man is accused of terrorism, with the aggravating circumstance of having acted at night and exposing public safety to danger with explosives.

The 22-year-old is Italian, the son of Palestinian parents. The intimidation was also claimed with a two-minute film with a message in Arabic and subtitles in Italian sent to the editorial offices of the Florence Tgr and the Firenze Today website, as well as to the Report programme.

The video opens with a glimpse of the diplomatic office, then an altered and metallic voice announces: «Only as a warning. If Italy and Europe continue to support the crimes of Israel and the USA we will start with the first real operation. Be aware that over half of the targets are not Israeli or American." Then, some images from news sites reporting the launch of the incendiary bottles flash across the screen in rapid succession. Finally, a frame shows a man in camouflage uniform with his face covered, who leaves a final message "for the Israeli and Italian governments and to the European Union and to all Zionist governments in Europe and in the world".

«Know – he says – that for every Palestinian civilian killed, a new Hamas fighter is created in the world». Finally there is a link to a Telegram channel, which explains: «The list of the first 50 Zionist targets to hit has already been decided. From this moment on, for each of the next 49 operations we will publish a video."

«None of the operations symbolically entitled “death to the Zionists” envisage deaths or injuries as the original objective, so if there were any it would not have been our choice».

(Unioneonline/L)