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Five Italian citizens were stopped by the Israeli army in the West Bank.
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani spoke from Istanbul on the case of the five compatriots stopped yesterday in the West Bank, asking for "the immediate release" of the Italian women "taken by the Israeli army". Tajani added: "We hope that in the next few hours they can be sent back to Italy. What happened is unacceptable, they were not committing any crime."
From today the Italian embassy in Tel Aviv and the consulate in Jerusalem are in close contact with the Israeli authorities, who have communicated that the five activists should be transferred today to the Israeli Immigration Authority, in view of their expulsion and consequent repatriation, which could take place starting today.
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Transfer of female citizens to the Israeli Immigration Authority.
Very likely · Within hours

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