Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday that her country had blocked all new arms sales to Israel shortly after the war on Gaza began last October — despite reports suggesting otherwise. Meloni defended Italy’s arms sales to Israel, stating that the country’s policy of blocking new licences was “much more restrictive” than France, Germany and the United Kingdom, the ANSA news agency reported. “After the start of operations in Gaza, the government immediately suspended all new export licences and all agreements signed after 7 October were not implemented,” Meloni told the Senate b…