Temporary U.S. pier for crucial aid is reattached to Gaza beach, military says
A temporary U.S. pier has been reattached to a beach in Gaza Friday, almost two weeks after high seas damaged it and forced suspension of aid deliveries.
A temporary American pier was reattached Friday to a beach in the Gaza Strip, almost two weeks after high seas damaged it and forced the suspension of crucial aid deliveries to starving Palestinians.
Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the deputy commander of United States Central Command, told reporters that the pier should be delivering aid “in the coming days,” although he did not specify when.
Engineers from the Israeli military had anchored the pier to the beach, he said, adding that there were no American military personnel on the ground in Gaza.
The fixed pier and floating dock system, which President Joe Biden announced during his State of the Union address in early March, is part of a makeshift effort to stave off a possible famine in Gaza, where Israel’s military assault has shut off a number of crossings that are crucial for supplies of food, fuel and other aid.
The fixed pier was operational for a week before heavy winds and high seas from a storm broke a large section of the causeway apart on May 25.
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