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Sunday, March 10, 2024
US dispatches vessel to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea
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US Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S. Besson (LSV-1) departs Joint Base Langley-Eustis on March 9, 2024. (US CENTCOM/X)
The US Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S. Besson (LSV-1) has departed Joint Base Langley-Eustis en route to the Eastern Mediterranean to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea, the US Central Command said in a statement early on Sunday.
Besson, a logistics support vessel, departed “less than 36 hours after President Biden announced the U.S. would provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza by sea,” the statement adds.
It is “carrying the first equipment to establish a temporary pier to deliver vital humanitarian supplies,” CENTCOM says, referencing the project announced by US President Joe Biden in his State of the Union speech on Thursday.
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