Saturday, June 29, 2024

US Removes Gaza Aid Pier Due to Weather

The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza has been removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not re-installing it unless the aid begins flowing out into the population again, U.S. officials said Friday.

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... While the military has helped deliver desperately needed food through the pier, the vast majority of it is still sitting in the adjacent storage yard and that area is almost full. Aid agencies have had difficulty moving the food to areas further into Gaza where it is most needed because the humanitarian convoys have come under attack.

The U.N., which has the widest reach in delivering aid to starving Palestinians, hasn't been distributing food and other emergency supplies arriving through the pier since June 9. The pause came after the Israeli military used an area near the pier to fly out hostages after their rescue in a raid that killed more than 270 Palestinians, prompting a U.N. security review over concerns that aid workers' safety and neutrality may have compromised.

U.N. World Food Program spokesman Steve Taravella said Friday that the U.N. participation in the pier project is still on pause pending resolution of the security concerns. ...



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#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-29 12:40 AM

there's no reason whatsoever that aid couldn't come through muslim Egypt

except for the medieval muslim mindset that won't allow them to work even with one another

a primitive culture when compared to western societies

stay strong Israel

#2 | Posted by brerrabbit at 2024-06-29 11:06 PM

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