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WASHINGTON -- The U.S.-built temporary pier that has been taking humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians for less than two weeks will be removed from the coast of Gaza to be repaired after getting damaged in rough seas and weather, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
The White House has said strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah both on Sunday and yesterday do not prompt the withdrawal of US military assistance to Israel. Meanwhile, the US has been forced to suspend aid deliveries into Gaza by sea.
The Pentagon is scrambling to recover and repair lost components, as more practical land routes open, rendering the boondoggle pointless.
A U.S.-built temporary floating pier off the Gazan coast to deliver humanitarian aid to the war-stricken people of Gaza has broken apart, the Pentagon says. The Defense Department is working to recover three of four vessels associated with its temporary humanitarian aid pier in Gaza after rough seas caused the motorized sections to run aground, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said a.
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