India, April 15 -- Amid the growing rift between Italy and Israel, a magazine cover has surfaced online, sparking wider diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

Days before Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the suspension of the defence agreement with Israel, weekly magazine L'Espresso upset Tel Aviv over its cover image.

The cover image of the Italian magazine, dated April 10, 2026, shows an armed Israeli settler filming a Palestinian woman during a raid in the occupied West Bank.

Highlighting the growing Zionist ideology of "Greater Israel", the magazine called out Israel for its actions in the Gaza Strip, occupied West Bank, occupied Golan Heights, and now Lebanon.

Following Israel's actions in the West Asia reg...