US Says Gaza Aid Pier Repaired, Reattached, and Soon to Resume Humanitarian Deliveries

Published on June 7, 2024

The U.S. military-built pier designed to facilitate aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip has been repaired and reconnected to the Gazan shoreline after a section broke apart in a storm, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Friday. The reconnection occurred nearly two weeks after rough seas beached four U.S. military vessels supporting the pier structure. The makeshift pier—known as a Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore (JLOTS) system—was initially attached to the shoreline on May 16, and began facilitating humanitarian traffic on May 17, before the storms rendered it inoperable on May 25. The Pentagon announced on May 28 that U.S. military personnel had detached and hauled away the damaged pier, to begin repairs at the southern coastal Israeli city of Ashdod....

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