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Friday, March 8, 2024
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Friday, March 8, 2024
Pentagon says temporary port for Gaza aid will take ‘several weeks’ to build, may involve 1,000 US troops
Palestinian fisherman Jihad al-Hissi and his sons work on their boat at the seaport in Gaza City on January 10, 2023. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP)
A temporary port that the United States is seeking to build to speed up aid to Gaza will take “several weeks” in planning and execution, a Pentagon spokesperson told reporters on Friday, adding that the US eventually aims to provide 2 million meals to Gazans daily.
The process may involve 1,000 US forces, but those troops will not be put on the ground, the Pentagon says. It says Washington was working through the details with partner nations in the Middle East.
