The United States anchored Thursday a temporary floating pier to a beach in Gaza as part of a mission to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians, the US Central Command said in a statement.
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Trucks carrying humanitarian assistance, which will be distributed in Gaza by the United Nations, are expected to begin moving ashore in the coming days, CENTCOM added.
Today at approximately 7:40 a.m. (Gaza time) United States Central Command personnel supporting the humanitarian mission to deliver additional humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in need anchored a temporary pier to the beach in Gaza. As part of this effort, no U.S. troops… pic.twitter.com/048seMnkLJ
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) May 16, 2024
President Joe Biden announced the pier in March as part of efforts to improve access for relief supplies into Gaza over land routes. By opening a route to deliver aid by sea, the US hopes to combat the humanitarian crisis that has put hundreds of thousands of people at risk of famine.
Bad weather has delayed the pier which is estimated to cost $320 million and involve 1,000 US troops. The UN has been adamant that maritime access was no substitute for land, which needed to remain the focus of aid operations in Gaza.
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