Di Battista says he feels much better and will leave Cuba on Friday

Alessandro Di Battista said he feels better after difficult days in a Cuban hospital and announced that he will return to Italy on Friday, Sept. 4.

The former Five Star Movement figure said he would travel by air ambulance, with the costs covered by the insurance company that provided his policy before his departure. Di Battista had been hospitalized in serious condition since Aug. 28 after falling ill in Cuba.

“

Today I feel better. They were difficult days and at the same time I am optimistic and always try to see the positive in everything.

He thanked people for their messages of support and praised the Cuban doctors who treated him. Italian doctors, he said, had confirmed that the Cuban medical team acted skillfully and quickly in diagnosing his condition and choosing the initial treatment.

“

I will leave on September 4 by air ambulance, whose costs will be covered by the insurance company.

In the same social media post, Di Battista also turned to the Palestinian conflict. He said he had long used the media space available to him to denounce what he called the “Palestinian Holocaust,” which he said continues while many newspapers look the other way.

He added that hospital staff in Cuba had told him many Palestinian doctors and nurses killed in Palestine over the past three years had studied and trained there.

“

I thank the Cuban doctors who, as the Italian doctors confirmed to me, were very skilled and prompt in diagnosing and choosing the initial treatment.