Italy suspends military partnership with Israel

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said Tuesday that her government has suspended the automatic renewal of a defense agreement with Israel, citing "the current situation."

The agreement, ratified in 2005, includes ongoing cooperation between the two countries' defense ministries and armed forces. It is automatically renewed every five years.

Meloni and other Italian government officials have strongly condemned Israel's air and bombing campaign in Lebanon, which has hit civilians as well as an Italian convoy that is part of a U.N. peacekeeping force.