The Sassari Brigade delivered 13 tons of food supplies (as well as essential medical kits, medicines, and hygiene kits) that will be distributed among the thousands of Lebanese displaced people forced to abandon their homes due to the escalating conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, with Tel Aviv beginning its military invasion of Lebanese territory.

The deliveries were carried out on March 13, but were only made public today in an official statement from the UN UNIFIL mission, deployed on the border between the two conflict-ridden countries. Food and other essential items were taken over by the Disaster Management Unit (DMU) of the Union of Municipalities of Tyre for distribution to displaced persons.

The facilities managed by the agency currently house over 13,000 civilians.

"Brigadier General Andrea Fraticelli, commander of UNIFIL Sector West and also commander of the Italian contingent," a statement reads, "handed over the supplies to the president of the Union of Municipalities of Tyre, Hassan Dbouk, and the director of the Emergency Management Unit (DMU), Mhana Mortada, during a ceremony held in Tyre."

The humanitarian aid was purchased with funds from the Italian Ministry of Defense, supplemented by contributions from two Italian charities: the Fondazione Banco Farmaceutico and the Rotary Club Vignola Castelfranco Emilia Bazzano.

Since the latest escalation on March 2, " Lebanese authorities estimate that more than half a million people have been displaced from their homes in the UNIFIL area of operations south of the Litani River."