The day's dominant story was the Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia's Ta'if air base, where an Italian Eurofighter parked in a decentralized area was hit. Defence Minister Crosetto repeatedly reassured that no Italian personnel were involved or injured, and the papers kept returning to the strike through the evening. Coverage fed into Rome's push on the Red Sea: after Crosetto's unilateral escort plan announced the previous day, the government demanded more EU ships and resources for mission Aspides, with the Bergamini frigate escorting an Italian merchant through Bab el-Mandeb.
The other running story was Rome's Centocelle school attack: a 13-year-old sprayed irritant spray and stabbed his teacher while filming with a helmet camera for Telegram, stopped by a classmate. Classmates said he hated her over a failed grade; the teacher, discharged and shocked, said she had forgiven him and would hug him, while her husband demanded jail for the boy and his parents.
Scattered items: Vannacci's contested Turin conference with the city locked down and Feltri's endorsement, Di Battista discharged from the Gemelli, the M5S membership vote on a program refusing weapons to Kyiv, and Trump's reported trade deals with Putin before the war's end.