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The United States reestablished on Friday a temporary pier to boost aid deliveries into Gaza after the structure suffered storm damage and underwent repairs in a nearby port, the country's military said.
“US Central Command (CENTCOM) successfully reestablished the temporary pier in Gaza, enabling the continued delivery of much-needed humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza,” the military command responsible for the Middle East said in a social media post.
“In coming days, CENTCOM will facilitate the movement of vital food and other emergency supplies, in support of the US Agency for International Development,” the post said.
More than two million pounds of humanitarian aid were delivered via the pier earlier this month, but it was damaged by high seas around a week after deliveries began.
The pier was then repaired in the Israeli port of Ashdod before being brought back to the Gaza coast and reestablished on Friday.
Israel restricted the deliveries of assistance into Gaza, depriving the territory's 2.4 million people of clean water, food, medicines and fuel.
US President Joe Biden announced in March that the pier would be built to increase deliveries of desperately needed aid to the small coastal territory.
With AFP
“US Central Command (CENTCOM) successfully reestablished the temporary pier in Gaza, enabling the continued delivery of much-needed humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza,” the military command responsible for the Middle East said in a social media post.
“In coming days, CENTCOM will facilitate the movement of vital food and other emergency supplies, in support of the US Agency for International Development,” the post said.
More than two million pounds of humanitarian aid were delivered via the pier earlier this month, but it was damaged by high seas around a week after deliveries began.
The pier was then repaired in the Israeli port of Ashdod before being brought back to the Gaza coast and reestablished on Friday.
Israel restricted the deliveries of assistance into Gaza, depriving the territory's 2.4 million people of clean water, food, medicines and fuel.
US President Joe Biden announced in March that the pier would be built to increase deliveries of desperately needed aid to the small coastal territory.
With AFP
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