ITALY PERSPECTIVE

Rome views the capture of Beaufort through the lens of the Crusades and the Italian marines still deployed in Lebanon, where 1,100 Italian troops are stationed. Italian news agency ANSA reports in full the statement by Barrot, who describes the attack as a 'grave error' and notes that 13 medical staff were injured in a strike near the Hiram hospital in Tyre, a Roman city with 200,000 inhabitants and a UNESCO World Heritage site. ANSA also reports that US Secretary of State Rubio is expected to announce a new agreement following the Israel-Lebanon negotiations on June 2-3 in Washington.

Italian media draw a historical parallel that few others dare to make: Adnkronos recalls that Beaufort was captured by the Crusaders in 1139, that it resisted Saladin, and changed hands over the centuries between Crusaders, Mameluks, Ottomans, French mandate, PLO, and Israel. Libero Quotidiano goes further and titles 'contested for 900 years.' The Repubblica publishes a long format on 'the Crusader fortress that resisted Saladin,' transforming Netanyahu into a medieval chronicler character - a framing that brings the war back to a historical cycle rather than a contemporary accident.

Libero Quotidiano focuses on US-Iran negotiations and reports on leaks from the New York Times and Axios: on Friday in the Situation Room, Trump hardened the US position on enriched Iranian uranium, and an official explained that 'the Iranians are literally in caves and do not use email,' giving them three days to respond. It is within this precise timeline that Netanyahu ordered the strike on Dahiyeh - Rome sees this as the mark of an Israeli prime minister who openly tests the limits of his relationship with Washington.