US on track to deliver aid to Gaza from sea by early May, officials say

TheHill— The U.S. is on track to start delivering critical humanitarian aid into Gaza through a maritime corridor by early May and more details of the plan have been worked out, officials said. A senior military official said in a press call that construction and assembly of the pier in the Mediterranean Sea began Thursday off

VINnews—British Troops May Be Tasked With Delivering Gaza Aid, BBC Report Says. LONDON (AP) — British troops may be tasked with delivering aid to Gaza from an offshore pier now under construction by the U.S. military, the BBC reported Saturday. U.K. government officials declined to comment on the report. According to the BBC, the British government is considering deploying troops to drive the trucks that will carry […]

BBC News—UK forces may be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid. The US says no American forces will go ashore but an unnamed "third party" will drive aid into Gaza.

The Guardian—‘Smokescreen’: officials voice concern over US plans for Gaza aid pier. Fears Israel is influencing location of dock away from the north, where famine threat is most severeA giant floating dock is nearing completion in the eastern Mediterranean from where it will be pushed towards the Gaza shore, but there is growing uncertainty over how useful the US project will be in containing a famine.There are concerns in the humanitarian community that Israel has co-opted the pier plan, which Joe Biden touted as a way to bring about a “massive” increase in aid to Gaza, with...