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Trucks carrying aid for Gaza begin entering via new US floating pier

By AP 17 May 2024, 9:23 am 1 Edit
Soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) and sailors attached to the MV Roy P. Benavidez assemble the Roll-On, Roll-Off Distribution Facility (RRDF), or floating pier, off the shore of Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea on April 26, 2024. (US Army via AP)
Soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) and sailors attached to the MV Roy P. Benavidez assemble the Roll-On, Roll-Off Distribution Facility (RRDF), or floating pier, off the shore of Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea on April 26, 2024. (US Army via AP)

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza roll across a newly built US floating pier into the Strip for the first time this morning.

The shipment is the first in an operation that American military officials anticipate could scale up to 150 truckloads a day entering the Strip. The US military acknowledges the aid movement in a statement this morning.

But the US and aid groups also warn that the pier project is not considered a substitute for land deliveries that could bring in all the food, water and fuel needed in Gaza. Before the war, more than 500 truckloads entered Gaza on an average day.

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