Pro-Gaza demonstrations, marches in 50 Italian cities. Greta Thunberg parades in Naples

Promoters' requests

From the "immediate end of the genocide" to the "unblocking of aid to Gaza" and the "withdrawal of the occupying army": there are various requests from the promoters of the initiative which has received the support of hundreds of associations, including trade unions, student collectives and parties, such as Movimento 5 Stelle Milano and Potere al Popolo. The demonstrations are being held the day after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the South African jurist Navy Pillay who, as head of the UN's independent international commission of inquiry into the occupied Palestinian territory, last year accused Israel of genocide in Gaza.

In Turin the procession tries to enter Piazza Castello

On the security front, all eyes are on Turin where the pro-Gaza march from Viale I Maggio heads to Piazza della Repubblica, passing through the Rivella roundabout, Corso Regio Parco, Corso Palermo, Corso Novara and Corso Giulio Cesare. The Prefecture has issued a ban on the sale to take away of drinks in glass bottles and cans, but also on the possession without justified reason of helmets, masks, smoke bombs and explosive material. The provision, signed by the prefect Donato Cafagna, concerns public establishments, shops and street vendors and also extends to the consumption and possession in public places of drinks in containers that could constitute a danger to safety. The measures are in addition to those agreed by the Provincial Committee for Public Order and Security to protect the safety of citizens and public and private assets. The head of the march, which started shortly after 2.30pm, immediately approached the cordon of police forces in Piazza Castello, with pushes, punches and kicks. After an initial pushback with a few truncheons, the tension was dampened by partially allowing almost a thousand demonstrators to enter the square, under the porticoes not far from the Teatro Regio.