Staging ground for US military aid pier in Gaza attacked
by Responsible Statecraft
Responsible Statecraft— The Gazan beach staging area for the future American "surge" of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians there has already been attacked, according to official reports.According to U.S. and Israeli sources, United Nations reps who were on the beach prepping the area for the new pier came under limited mortar fire early Thursday. No one was hurt, and there was minimal damage to some engineering equipment. Early reporting from i24 News speculated that Palestinians were targeting Israeli Defense Forces...
BBC News—Images show US military building floating pier for Gaza aid. The pier and causeway will cost $320m and should be operational by early May, US says.
The Guardian—US military releases images of aid pier under construction off Gaza coast. Pictures released by US central command come after satellite photos showed US navy ship offshore with floating platform being built alongside itSee all of our Israel-Gaza coverageThe US military has released pictures it says show that a pier to help bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip is now under construction.The images show what appears to be a large metal construction with workers in military uniform dotted along the floating platforms. Continue reading
dailym.ai—First photos of the $320 million US aid pier off Gaza: 1,00 Army and Navy members keep building despite fears Americans could be attacked, fury from Republicans and criticism that food is blocked on land. The estimate is about double earlier estimates. 'The cost has not just risen. It has exploded'. The US and Israel Defense Forces engineers are partnering to get in more aid