MILAN — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned Israeli attacks on Gaza as disproportionate on Wednesday, saying there have been “too many innocent victims" during the nearly two-year-old war sparked by a Hamas-led attack.

Meloni, in a wide-ranging speech to a political conference in Rimini, on the Adriatic Sea coast, reiterated Italy's support for Israel's right to self-defense following the Oct. 7, 2023 attack.

“However, at the same time, we cannot remain silent now, in the face of a reaction that has gone beyond the principle of proportionality,’’ she said, adding that the continued attacks were putting at risk “the historic prospect” of a two-state solution.

She cited the killing of five journalists in Gaza on Monday, which she said was “an unacceptable attack on freedom of

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