The Italian government formally protested against Israeli authorities, reiterating that what is happening near the base of the Italian UNIFIL contingent in southern Lebanon is not acceptable. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had a telephone conversation with the commander of the UN peacekeeping mission’s Western Sector, General Stefano Messina, according to a statement from Palazzo Chigi. She reportedly received an update on the situation on the ground after the UNIFIL headquarters and two Italian bases were struck “repeatedly” and “deliberately” by the Israeli army on Thursday morning. M…