US Military Installs Gaza Aid Pier and Sends First Load of Humanitarian Supplies Through

Published on May 17, 2024

The U.S. military has announced that U.S. forces have finished installing a makeshift pier for delivering humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip, and aid has begun to flow into the territory. President Joe Biden initially ordered the U.S. military to construct the pier in March, to facilitate increased deliveries of food and humanitarian supplies by sea. Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh announced U.S. military engineers, working with Israeli military counterparts, had successfully anchored the temporary pier system to the beach in Gaza. Ms. Singh said the pier was successfully installed without the need of U.S. boots on the ground in the embattled territory. She told reporters at the Thursday press briefing that the aid would begin to flow through the pier system “as soon as the Commander feels that we are ready to go.”...

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