The US-built temporary pier taking humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians has been damaged in rough seas and weather and will be removed from the coast of Gaza to be repaired, the Pentagon has said. Spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters on Tuesday that the pier will be pulled out over the next two days and sent […]
A US-built temporary pier that had been used to deliver additional humanitarian aid into Gaza was damaged by rough seas and has temporarily suspended operations, three US officials told The Associated Press. The Joint Logistics Over The Shore (JLOTS) pier only began operations last week and had provided an additional way to get critically needed […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A part of the U.S. military’s pier off Gaza has broken off, rendering it temporarily inoperable, two U.S. officials said, in the latest blow to efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians. The U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said bad weather was believed to be the reason that the […]
RODANTHE, N.C. (WAVY) – A house along Ocean Drive collapsed overnight, according to the Chicamacomico Banks Fire & Rescue. According to officials, a house just south of the Rodanthe Pier collapsed around 4 a.m., causing debris to scatter throughout the area, with some getting into the ocean. The area is no stranger to collapses, as […]
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said it has handed out a “limited number” of high-energy biscuits that arrived in Gaza via a US-built pier. It is the first aid from the new humanitarian sea route to reach Palestinians. WFP spokesman Steve Taravella said on Wednesday the small number of biscuits came in the first […]
None of the aid that has been unloaded from the temporary pier the US constructed off the coast of Gaza has been delivered to the broader Palestinian population, as the US works with the UN and Israel to identify safe delivery routes inside the enclave, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Several desperate Gazans intercepted trucks […]
(Reuters) – The United Nations is planning new routes to distribute aid from a U.S.-built pier in Gaza, a spokesperson said, after crowds of needy residents intercepted trucks, causing a halt to deliveries that continued for a third day on Tuesday. The temporary, floating pier is meant to help ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food and other supplies. The shipment is the first in an operation that […]
The first distribution of badly needed aid is expected to begin this weekend after rolling off a newly built US pier off the coast of Gaza. It is expected even as aid workers warn much more access is needed to the besieged territory where famine might be under way. Israeli restrictions and heavy fighting in […]
STORY: :: The U.S. anchors a temporary floating pier in Gaza to help boost aid deliveries :: May 16, 2024 :: Sabrina Singh, Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary “The establishment of the Trident Pier has been coordinated to support USAID’s and the UN’s effort to deliver and distribute aid. In the coming days, aid will be […]
The first shipment of humanitarian aid has arrived in Gaza via a temporary floating pier, the US military has confirmed. US Central Command said that aid trucks began moving ashore at about 09:00 local time (07:00 BST) on Friday. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the delivery of 8,400 plastic shelters was “the culmination of a […]
Trucks carrying badly-needed aid for the Gaza Strip have rolled across a newly built US floating pier into the besieged enclave for the first time. It came as Israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy fighting hindered the delivery of food and other supplies. The Friday shipment is the first in an operation that American […]