The aircraft carrier, in addition to the function of command headquarters of the Italian naval group, also performs - under the command of Division Admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi - the function of directing the control and surveillance operations of the Lebanese waters conducted by the international naval force present on the post (Maritime Task Force 425) consisting not only of Italian naval units, but also of British, Greek and French units, also ensuring the landing and logistical support of the landing component.
The landing component consists of 616 riflemen from the San Marco regiment of the navy, integrated by 120 Italian army lagunari, gathered in the newly-constituted national force of projection from the sea, comes into action together with 49 military of the NBC component (Nuclear Bacteriological and Chemical) and EOD of the Italian army and 11 carabinieri. The aim is to contribute to the establishment of the UN interposition force between the Israelis and Hezbollah, the Shiite Lebanese militias that in fact held control of vast areas of Lebanon and carried out real military operations against Israel.
In the port of Beirut, ships have landed tons of material for the population, field kitchens, ambulances, generators for the production of electricity, pneumatic tents, tons of medicines and tons of foodstuffs for the non-combatant civilian population. available to the foreign ministry, civil protection, the Italian Red Cross and the United Nations World Food Program.
Source: Military Navy
