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US Army soldiers load an AC unit aboard the USAV Monterey at the pier of the Joint Base Langley-Eustis during a media preview of the 7th Transportation Brigade deployment in Hampton, Virginia, on March 12, 2024. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
April 26, 2024, 8:25 am
US troops begin constructing Gaza pier, aiming to have it operational by early May
Port to start handling 90 aid trucks per day, may reach 150 when fully operational; mortar attack during UN visit to construction site highlights security concerns
By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid
A Palestinian fisherman arrives with a boat at the port Gaza City early on December 1, 2022. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)
March 7, 2024, 9:33 pm
US to build pier off Gaza coast that will enable maritime aid shipments — officials
Project, which will be announced in Biden’s SOTU address, will see deliveries inspected in Cyprus before docking in Gaza once temporary structure is built in coming weeks
By Jacob Magid
File: A view of Gaza City's Al-Hassayna Mosque at night, June 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
September 17, 2021, 9:32 am
Palestinian official praises Lapid’s ‘new vision’ for Gaza
FM’s plan unveiled this week, which would give the Palestinian Authority some powers in Strip, is ‘the new Oslo [Accords],’ says PA source
By Dana Ben-Shimon
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman (second left) and US President Donald Trump's special envoys Jason Greenblatt (left) and Jared Kushner (center) meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the PMO in Jerusalem, June 21, 2017. (Matty Stern/US Embassy Tel Aviv)
June 29, 2018, 10:41 pm
Report: UN, Washington struggling to raise foreign aid for Gaza
Israeli official tells Channel 10 Abbas’s reluctance to take part in humanitarian efforts is hobbling Kushner, Greenblatt attempt to build assistance plan
By ToI Staff
Palestinian boats wait to sail as they refuel at the fishermen sea port in Gaza City on Wednesday, July 31 (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)
June 27, 2018, 1:31 am
Hamas won’t discuss Cyprus seaport for Gaza before its prisoners freed — report
Israel said to condition deal on terror group returning Israelis it holds, but Hadashot reports terror group wants dozens of its members released first
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
File: Palestinian fishing boats are seen at the sea port in Gaza City on April 1, 2016. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
June 26, 2018, 10:12 pm
Cyprus mulling Israeli request for port to send goods to Gaza
Cypriot spokeswoman says no agreement yet; Israel’s defense minister cautions plan depends on return of Israelis and IDF solders’ remains held in Palestinian enclave
By AFP
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman gives a statement to the media during his visit in Katzrin, May 11, 2018. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
May 23, 2018, 8:22 am
As Israel hits new Gaza tunnel, Liberman says Hamas military project a ‘failure’
Defense minister says attempts to attack Israel will be ‘blocked with an iron wall,’ after IDF destroys tunnel and ‘terror infrastructure’ in response to infiltration
By ToI Staff
A still from a video claiming to show part of the Gaza seaport on fire. (screen capture: Twitter)
May 23, 2018, 4:29 am
Israeli jets strike Gaza seaport, Hamas tunnel
Army says early morning sorties are response to cross-border raid in which Palestinians sneaked across fence and set sniper post on fire
By ToI Staff
A screenshot from the Gaza Artificial Island Initiative released June 28, 2017 by the Intelligence Ministry headed by Yisrael Katz.
June 29, 2017, 2:35 am
In new vid, Israeli minister promotes Gaza island plan
Animated clip with English narration shows Yisrael Katz’s vision for artificial island with suggested port, cargo terminal and airport
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Defense Minister and leader of Israel Beytenu party, Avigdor Liberman, leads the faction meeting at the Knesset on March 20, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 15, 2017, 10:22 pm
Liberman: Hamas using power crisis to distract from its failures
Defense minister says Israel not party to dispute with PA over electricity, calls 10 years of Hamas rule in Strip a ‘decade of suffering’
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister and leader of Israel Beytenu party, Avigdor Liberman, leads the faction meeting at the Knesset on March 20, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 13, 2017, 5:14 am
Liberman said to block cabinet talk of building island off Gaza
Though several key ministers reportedly support plan to help alleviate Strip’s humanitarian difficulties, DM says it would pose security problems
By ToI Staff
Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz at a press conference held at the Ministry of Transport regarding the creation of an artificial island off the Gaza coast, which would contain a port, power and water desalination plants, and an airport, April 5, 2017 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 6, 2017, 12:50 am
Likud minister says US backs his transportation-based peace initiative
Yisrael Katz plans to connect Israel and the Palestinians with Jordan, the Gulf states and Iraq via an extended railroad network
By Raphael Ahren
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz attends a press conference at the Transportation Ministry in Jerusalem on March 14, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 30, 2017, 11:36 am
To stop treading water, minister floats Gaza island plan
Critics fear proposal could further isolate the Strip, but Yisrael Katz says it would give Palestinians there a ‘gateway to the world’
By Mike Smith
A woman looks at the sea as Palestinian families of fishermen shout slogans during a protest against Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip on March 9, 2017 in Gaza City. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
March 10, 2017, 2:41 am
Minister floats plan for Gaza seaport island to end blockade
Critics say Yisrael Katz’s proposal for an artificial land mass linked to Strip by a bridge is just a gimmick without Palestinian buy-in
By Aron Heller
Hezbollah MP Walid Sukkarieh speaks on group's al-Manar TV station on June 18, 2016 (Screenshot/MEMRI)
June 23, 2016, 10:02 pm
Hezbollah MP urges kidnapping Israeli civilians in next war
Walid Sukkarieh says seizing northern communities would block Israeli use of disproportionate force, create new balance of power
By ToI Staff
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