{"id":68318,"date":"2024-06-08T01:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T01:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/08\/gaza-aid-pier-repaired-after-damage-by-rough-seas-u-s-says\/"},"modified":"2024-06-08T01:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T01:18:21","slug":"gaza-aid-pier-repaired-after-damage-by-rough-seas-u-s-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/08\/gaza-aid-pier-repaired-after-damage-by-rough-seas-u-s-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza Aid Pier Repaired After Damage by Rough Seas, U.S. Says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The U.S. military has repaired a temporary pier for humanitarian relief and on Friday reattached it to the Gaza shore, more than a week after it broke apart in high seas<\/a>, the military said.<\/p>\n

Army Corps Of Engineers workers completed the work on Friday morning, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the deputy commander of U.S. Central Command, told reporters in a briefing call. The $230-million floating pier, which American officials have lauded as part of a solution to getting more aid into hunger-stricken Gaza, has been troubled by logistical and security issues.<\/p>\n

Admiral Cooper said that aid would begin to flow through the pier again \u201cin the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that military engineers \u201cprovided all the necessary support to ensure the safe and placement of the pier to the beach,\u201d adding: \u201cThe policy of no U.S. boots on the ground does remain in effect.\u201d White House policy does not allow U.S. troops on the ground in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Once the aid resumes, Admiral Cooper estimated, about one million pounds of goods would enter Gaza through the pier over each two-day period.<\/p>\n

In early March, President Biden surprised the Pentagon by announcing that the U.S. military would build a pier for Gaza.<\/p>\n

In the days after it became operational on May 17, trucks were looted as they made their way to a warehouse, forcing the U.N. World Food Program to suspend operations<\/a>. After officials beefed up security, the weather turned bad. American officials had been hoping that the sea surges would not start until later in the summer.<\/p>\n

The situation in Gaza remains dire. Health officials say more than 36,000 people have been killed; many people have been displaced; and the United Nations has warned that famine is looming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n