The US-built aid pier in Gaza, costing $230 million, faces challenges due to weather conditions, with aid deliveries being weather-dependent. Following a 2-day closure, 1,000 tons of aid were delivered, but 492 tons remain in warehouses. The UN may stop aid delivery, and the Biden administration is considering dismantling the pier.
The U.S. Department of Defense today is considering Dismantling the Army’s Temporary-Floating Humanitarian Aid Pier off the Coast of the Gaza Strip, and moving it to the Port of Ashdod in Southern Israel; due to Fears that Heavy Seas and Storms over the Weekend could once again… https://t.co/iut9R4OMpX
The Biden administration is expected to dismantle the pier it built off the coast of #Gaza to deliver badly needed humanitarian aid to Palestinians, Al Arabiya English has learned. Read more here: https://t.co/bZwamHhsP2 https://t.co/sWXTDf7tQH
US-built pier in Gaza is facing its latest challenge — whether the UN will keep delivering the aid https://t.co/XjbYFEVXUe
🇺🇸 The US is considering dismantling its pier off the coast of Gaza And what happened? 🤔 https://t.co/Br997RE3fb
Live update: US military considering taking down Gaza aid pier amid weather concerns — report https://t.co/SFk3FLZ6P1
The US pier in Gaza is facing its latest challenge — whether the UN will keep delivering the aid https://t.co/wjC6mUc9CR
"We don’t really have access to the land crossings anymore, and it was never regular or predictable in the first place. The little that is getting through is vastly insufficient" How lies obscure Israel's responsibility for Gaza's humanitarian crisis ⬇ https://t.co/qSCBC24fWK
BREAKING: THE AMERICAN AID PIER IN GAZA WILL HAVE TO BE DISMANTLED AGAIN THERE IS NO AID GETTING INTO GAZA This is great use of US Tax Dollars to constantly mend the Pier. Approximately 500 metric tons were driven ashore today and another 500 are expected to be delivered… https://t.co/ftIsb5Wy2W
Increases in aid to Gaza have not materialised, with failed logistical initiatives obscuring Israel's role in creating the humanitarian crisis ⬇ https://t.co/qSCBC24fWK
"The 492 tons of aid the Pentagon just boasted about will sit in warehouses on the beach until further notice," writes @stephensemler. "Meanwhile, the U.N. says that all humanitarian operations in Gaza are on the brink of collapse." https://t.co/8XkpTyra4x
NEWS: Following 2-Day Pier Closure, 1,000 Tons of Aid Are Delivered to Gaza's Shore https://t.co/mm63GXxvKE
The Pentagon's $230m Gaza pier's "usage is “weather-dependent,” and it can’t operate in conditions beyond sea state 3, or short and moderate waves. Such conditions are usually in a bay. The Mediterranean Sea is often at sea state 4..." @nancyayoussef https://t.co/f15FvAei74
NEW @stephensemler : supplies from the Gaza pier aren’t flowing to Palestinians, and never really have. It's a shell game. https://t.co/8XkpTyrHU5 https://t.co/kQH9NmWtFN