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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
US suspends aid deliveries via Gaza pier after it suffers weather damage
Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid from the United Arab Emirates and the United States Agency for International Development cross the Trident Pier before entering the beach in Gaza, May 17, 2024. (Staff Sgt. Malcolm Cohens-Ashley/US Army Central via AP)
A part of the US military’s pier on the coast of Gaza has broken off, rendering it temporarily inoperable, two US officials say, in the latest blow to efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians.
The US officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, say that bad weather is believed to be the reason that the part had broken off. They do not say how big the part is or speculate on how long it will take for the pier to resume operations.
Since the pier began operations, the United Nations has transported 137 trucks of aid from the pier — the equivalent of 900 metric tons — according to a spokesperson from the UN World Food Program.
