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A US-led initiative to erect a temporary pier to transport humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip has been a disaster thus far. Rough seas caused four transportation vessels to detach from their moorings and drift away from the newly-assembled pier. Two of the vessels beached near the pier and another two landed on the shore
The Biden administration ordered the construction of the $320 million pier in April in response to allegations that the Israeli government has not done enough to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.
US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is reportedly planning to put forward a War Powers Resolution that would force President Joe Biden to abandon his administration's floundering Gaza humanitarian aid pier initiative. The senator argued that the humanitarian aid pier has become a magnet for attacks since its construction, potentially endangering American servicemen. He also suggested
"This is a larger issue than anything happening in that impossible corner of the globe. Over the weekend, we saw yet more indications of an empire in decline deteriorating from bad to pathetic"
During the hospitalization, he temporarily turned over duties to US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, the Pentagon added.