Italy ready to send troops to Gaza if peacekeepers needed, minister says

MILAN, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Italy's foreign minister has welcomed the agreement on the first stage of U.S. President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan for Gaza and said the country is ready to send troops if peacekeeping forces are needed.

"The peace is near", Antonio Tajani said on Friday on social media website X. "Italy, which has always supported the U.S. plan, is ready to do its part to consolidate the ceasefire, deliver new humanitarian aid, and participate in the reconstruction of Gaza. We are also ready to send troops if an international peacekeeping force is created to reunify Palestine."