Italy on Monday summoned Israel's ambassador to protest after two Italian policemen were threatened at gunpoint by an Israeli during a field visit in the West Bank, the foreign ministry said.
The two military policemen were stopped on Sunday by an armed Israeli while they were carrying out a site inspection ahead of a planned visit by EU ambassadors to a village near Ramallah.
According to a government source, the Israeli, believed to have been a settler, forced the two men to kneel at gunpoint and subjected them to an improvised interrogation.
The soldiers were traveling in a vehicle with diplomatic license plates and carrying diplomatic passports.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wanted the Israeli ambassador in Rome to receive a "strong protest" over the incident, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Italy's embassy to Israel has already submitted a formal protest to the Israeli government, contacting the foreign ministry, the Israeli military, the police, and the Shin Bet.
The two policemen returned unharmed to Italy's Consulate General in Jerusalem following the incident.
Italian FM Tajani calls for proscription of IRGC
Separately on Monday, Tajani slammed the Islamic Republic of Iran for the deadly response to the ongoing protests in the country.
"The losses suffered by the civilian population during the protests demand a clear response," Tajani wrote on X/Twitter.
He went on, stating that, at a meeting with other European foreign ministers on Thursday, he would call for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to be added to the list of terror organizations.
He added that he would propose sanctions on the individuals who had carried out "these heinous acts."