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Vittorio Arrigoni

What is vittorio arrigoni?

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Key facts

Name Vittorio Arrigoni[1]
Birth date 4 February 1975[1]
Birth place Besana in Brianza[1]
Death date 15 April 2011[1]
Death place Gaza[1]
Role Journalist and activist[1]

Vittorio Arrigoni was an Italian journalist and activist who supported Palestinians in Gaza and was killed there in 2011.

Context

Vittorio Arrigoni was an Italian journalist and activist who supported Palestinians in Gaza. He worked with the International Solidarity Movement and arrived in Gaza in 2008 [1]. He was killed after being kidnapped in 2011 [1].

Documented claims

  • Arrigoni worked with the International Solidarity Movement and arrived in Gaza in 2008. [1]
  • He was killed after being kidnapped in Gaza. [1]

Questions and answers

What happened to Vittorio Arrigoni?

He was kidnapped and killed in Gaza in April 2011 [1].

Who was the Italian activist hanged in Gaza in 2011?

Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian journalist and activist, was killed in Gaza in 2011 [1].

Sources

  1. Vittorio Arrigoni: pacifist supporter of the Palestinian cause — theguardian.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)

Sources last checked August 3, 2026. · More in People