U.S. officials have expressed concerns that President Joe Biden's plan to build a floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza could put U.S. troops at risk. They worry that non-U.S. personnel involved in ferrying the aid could potentially carry out an attack. The U.S. Navy is currently planning to construct a dock offshore from Gaza, where civilian ships would deliver aid to be transported by U.S. Army boats to a pier on the shore of Gaza.
U.S. officials warned that President Joe Biden ’s plan for the U.S. military to build a floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza could endanger U.S. troops, even if he has pledged there will be no boots on the ground in Gaza , according to a report. Specifically, they expressed concerns that since U.S. troops would not step foot on Gaza , non- U.S. personnel could be involved in ferrying the aid back and forth from the U.S. military to Gaza .
“Someone could tuck a bomb on a truck with a timer or remote detonator and cause a catastrophe,” a U.S. military official told NBC News. As of now, the U.S. Navy is planning to build a dock several miles offshore from Gaza, where civilian ships would deliver aid. The aid would be loaded onto trucks and driven onto U.S. Army boats and ferried to a pier the Army is building that is fixed to the shore of Gaza. MV Roy Benavidez, part of the U.S. Ready Reserve Fleet, left port Thursday to deliver equipment to the U.S
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