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Wednesday, July 17, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
US military pier for carrying aid to Gaza will be dismantled, returned to US
The image provided by US Central Command shows US Army soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), US Navy sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, and Israel Defense Forces placing the Trident Pier on the coast of Gaza Strip on Thursday, May 16, 2024. (US Central Command via AP)
The US military-built pier to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with repeated weather and security problems that limited how much food and other supplies could get to Palestinians.
Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, deputy commander at US Central Command, tells reporters in a Pentagon briefing that the pier achieved its intended effect in what he called an “unprecedented operation.”
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said yesterday that a new Pier 28 will soon be established at Israel’s Ashdod port for delivering aid to the Gaza Strip as a replacement for the US military-built pier. He did not say when it would start operating.
