A massive floating pier that will allow ships to sail up to Gaza and offload aid will soon sail from the U.S. to the Mediterranean Sea as the U.S. looks at ways to address Gaza's dire food needs. While Army and Military Sealift Command personnel will be used to get the pier up and running, the Pentagon says no U.S.
FILE - Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. President Joe Biden has proposed the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Gaza via a temporary port on the territory’s Mediterranean coast. the plans for providing aid to Gaza by sea, the Army’s 7th Transportation Brigade and other units were scrambling to pull equipment together.off the Gaza coast to provide food and other desperately needed assistance to residents of Gaza.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid have to drive from the Rafah crossing with Egypt or the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel, both on the southern edge of Gaza, through the conflict zone to reach the largely cut-off areas in the north. It’s like a huge LEGO system — an array of 40-foot-long pieces of steel that can be locked together to form a pier and causeway. The causeway would be up to 1,800 feet long and two lanes wide.
Biden said Thursday that there will be no U.S. forces on the ground in Gaza for the mission, which will likely involve other allies, contractors and aid agencies.A key question will be what Israel is prepared to do to support the aid delivery effort.
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