Thousands of workers and students across Italy are joining a general strike and widespread demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.

Italy's grassroots unions called for the 24-hour general strike in both public and private sectors, including public transportation, trains, schools and ports.

The strike on Monday caused disruptions across the country, with long delays for national trains and limited public transport in major cities including Rome and Milan.

The transit of goods was slowed or partially blocked by workers' sit-ins and rallies in Italy's main ports of Genoa and Livorno.

More than 20,000 people gathered in front of Rome's central station to protest the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Unions and student organisations denounced "the inertia of the It

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