I was just reading about the battle on Wikipedia and it states that 13 Italians were killed during the battle. The article doesn’t say anything about their deaths. What was Italy’s involvment?
They were a part of UNOSOM II.
And more generally Italy’s ties to Somalia run deep(ish): Italian Somaliland - Wikipedia
13 Italians were killled in the entire Somalia Operation. The Alpine Brigade Julia was involved IIRC. The were under the US 10 Mountain Divison for a while, while some elements were parceled out to the Pakistani as well.