White House Signals Gaza Aid Pier Mission Will Soon End

Published on July 11, 2024

The U.S. military will soon shut down its Gaza humanitarian aid pier, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. “I’ll let CENTCOM speak about their plans with respect to the pier, but I do anticipate that in relatively short order, we will wind down pier operations,” Mr. Sullivan said during a July 11 press briefing. Since the pier was set up in mid-May the U.S. military has had to suspend operations and relocate it to the Israeli port city of Ashdod on three separate occasions, due to concerns about poor weather. The pier was last moored to the Gazan shoreline in late June, before being relocated to Ashdod for the third time....

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