Lebanon, Italy’s plan B in the event of escalation: return all the soldiers to Italy. The strategy
The war in Middle East it has now moved to Lebanonit is estimated that just two days after the start of Israel’s land incursion, a quarter of the country was affected by the clashes. The situation is naturally also worrying Italybecause precisely in Lebanon there are the our 1076 soldiers engaged in the peacekeeping mission. Hence the idea, in case of one further escalationto evacuate the Italian Blue Helmets. The government – according to what Il Messaggero reports – officially says that this hypothesis is not on the tablebut behind the scenes, however, everything is ready. Guido Crosetto said this at a hearing in Parliament. The evacuation plans for Italian troops “have been updated”. And again, word of the Minister of Defense, “we have made strategic evacuation means such as ships and planes available“.
The bulk of the operation – continues Il Messaggero – would pass through seaexplain sources familiar with the dossier. In July, when the escalation was already foreseen, it came from Rome a team of experts left Of amphibious operations to study the terrain. In times of calm, the natural solution would be to load our peacekeepers onto ships off the port of Beirut. However, these are not quiet times. The capital, until now shielded from missile launches, is today an open target of Israeli ships decided to decapitate what remains of the leadership one launch at a time Hezbollah. And here is the first node. The soldiers they must leave the port of Naqura. More cramped, less equipped, inaccessible for high-tonnage ships. There are several options under consideration that shine through the blanket of secrecy surrounding the withdrawal plans. One involves the mobilization of two amphibious ships, the San Marco and the San Giusto. Both are not new to those waters.
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