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SvennoJ on 17 May 2024
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Egypt rejects Israel’s plan for Rafah border crossing reopening



US says aid trucks have begun moving into Gaza from temporary pier

The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed that trucks carrying humanitarian aid have begun moving ashore from a new US-funded temporary pier built on Gaza’s coast.

CENTCOM added that no US soldiers have gone ashore into Gaza.

The first trucks have begun supplying aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip via a temporary pier, the US military said. With Palestinians facing hunger, the US military said “trucks carrying humanitarian assistance began moving ashore” via the long-awaited pier which the US Central Command, or CENTCOM, said was anchored to a Gaza beach on Thursday.

“This is an ongoing, multinational effort to deliver additional aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza via a maritime corridor that is entirely humanitarian in nature,” it said.

The aid is being shipped out of Cyprus, the European Union’s easternmost member around 360 kilometres (225 miles) from Gaza. The latest shipment was carrying EU supplies, the 27-member bloc said, including 88,000 cans of food from Romania.
 
And how will it be distributed?
Last edited by SvennoJ - on 18 May 2024