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The U.S. military is once again detaching the Gaza pier due to inclement weather, and there’s no clear timeline for when it will be back. United States Central Command has removed the pier from its “anchored position in Gaza and will tow it back to Ashdod,
The Pentagon dismantled a temporary pier that brought aid to the Gaza Strip and has no immediate plans to return it, dealing another blow to a program that’s become a symbol of the US struggle to ease the enclave’s dire humanitarian crisis.
President Joe Biden’s $230 million Gaza pier has been removed due to heavy winds and high seas, U.S. officials say, and it is unclear if and when the military might reinstall it. “When the commander decides that it’s the right time to re-install that pier,
- This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows U.S. and Israeli military personnel placing a floating pier on the coast of the Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024. U.S. officials announced June 28 that the pier had been detached and was being moved because of rough seas.
The temporary aid pier constructed by the U.S. military along the Gaza coast may not return to operations following its removal over poor weather conditions, according to the Associated Press, as the $230 million project continues to face drawbacks since its construction in May.
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 further into Gaza where it is most needed because the humanitarian convoys have come under attack.
U.S. aid intended to help desperate Gaza residents has been sitting untouched on a beach in the war-torn strip because of a long-running dispute between the U.N. and
The move comes as critics in Congress continue to call for an end to the pier's mission and aid has been slow to move off the beach and into the hands of starving Palestinians caught in the middle of Israel's brutal offensive against Hamas.
A temporary US aid pier has again been removed from the Gaza coast due to high seas and will be towed to an Israeli port, the Pentagon said on Friday.