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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has asked the Global Sumud Flotilla -- which is trying to ferry humanitarian aid through an Israeli naval blockade to the Gaza Strip -- to deliver its aid to Cyprus, after the group's boats came under drone attack in the Mediterranean Sea.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Meloni said, is working on a "mediation proposal" by which the flotilla's aid would be offloaded in Cyprus and handed over to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which would then deliver the aid to the Gaza Strip.

"It is a proposal that seems to have the support of the Cypriot government, the Israeli government and, of course, the Italian government," Meloni said. "We are awaiting a response from the flotilla."

Israel has warned that it will not allow any vessels through its naval blockade. "Israel will not allow vessels to enter an active combat zone and will not allow the breach of a lawful naval blockade," Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Wednesday.

The flotilla has accused Israel of repeatedly using drones to attack its ships. On Wednesday, the flotilla published a video purporting to show a drone attack on one of its ships off the coast of Greece.

"My condemnation of what happened last night is complete," Meloni said on Wednesday. "We are conducting our investigations to establish who is responsible."

Italy has also said it will deploy a naval frigate to protect and rescue the flotilla and its members if necessary.

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Hours after a drone strike hit a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, Israel is now telling it to offload the aid it is carrying at a nearby country, accusing it of "provocation."

"If this is not about provocation and serving Hamas, you are welcome to unload any aid you might have at any port in a nearby country outside Israel, from which it can be transferred peacefully to Gaza," Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said in a statement Wednesday.

"Israel will not allow vessels to enter an active combat zone and will not allow the breach of a lawful naval blockade," he said.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will retaliate after a Houthi drone strike on southern Israel injured 22 people.

"The Prime Minister wished a speedy recovery to the wounded, and said that any attack on Israeli cities will be met with a severe and painful blow to the Houthi terrorist regime, as has already been proven in the past," Netanyahu's office said in a statement Wednesday.

"The Prime Minister informed [Eilat] Mayor [Eli Lankari] that he spoke this evening with the IDF's senior command in order to examine ways to improve the response to aerial threats to the city," Netanyahu's office said.

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An Italian naval ship has been sent to aid the Sumud Flotilla carrying aid to Gaza after it suffered a drone attack. Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto condemned the attack on the flotilla, which has Italian citizens aboard.

"In a democracy, even demonstrations and forms of protest must be protected when they are conducted in compliance with the rules of international law and without resorting to violence," he said in a statement.

The Global Sumud Flotilla suffered an attack while sailing in international waters, according to Anabel Montes Mier, the mission chief of the ship "Life Support," the Italian nongovernmental organization EMERGENCY's support vessel.

"We saw straight a high presence of drones in the air which approached from different directions. We also saw the flashing light of the explosion that hit some boats. The Flotilla told us that no one was injured but it only suffered small damage to some of the boats," Mier said in a statement.

"We remind all that this is a humanitarian non-violent mission and we condemn strongly any act of violence or attack to the Global Sumud Flotilla," Mier said.

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