Repaired US-military-built pier sees Gaza aid delivery: Report
About 492 metric tonnes of humanitarian aid were transferred via the pier on Saturday, an unnamed US official told the Associated Press (AP) news agency, after the floating dock was reinstalled on Gaza’s coast on Friday.
The $320m pier, titled the “Trident Pier”, took about 1,000 US military personnel to build but operated for little more than a week before parts of it broke off last month during bad weather, requiring it be towed to Israel for repairs.
Though it was supposed to last until September, it facilitated the landing of just 1,000 metric tonnes of food aid while it was in operation.
Brad Cooper, the deputy commander of US Central Command, told reporters on Friday that the goal now was to get 450 tonnes of food and other supplies moving through the pier into Gaza every two days.
Aid agencies have said that only Israel’s reopening of land border crossings with Gaza – which its military has closed – can quickly deliver the quantities of fuel, food, clean water and medical supplies desperately required in the war-torn territory.
225 tons per day, that's equivalent to 12 fully loaded trucks from Rafah or Karem Shalom. Wtf happened to 90 to 150. 12 trucks a day is nothing but a drop of aid for 2.3 million starving civilians. That's 97 grams per person per day of aid, 3.4 ounces.
So that means it's true...
US military denies Gaza aid pier had role in Nuseirat camp attack by Israel
US Central Command, which is responsible for American forces in the Middle East, said the Gaza aid pier played no role in Israel’s attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp that killed 210 people and wounded hundreds during a military raid to free four captives.
“The humanitarian pier facility, including its equipment, personnel, and assets were not used in the operation to rescue hostages today in Gaza,” CENTCOM said in a post on social media.
“An area south of the facility was used by the Israelis to safely return the hostages to Israel,” it said. “Any such claim to the contrary is false. The temporary pier on the coast of Gaza was put in place for one purpose only, to help move additional, urgently needed lifesaving assistance into Gaza.”
The pier was returned to the Gaza coast on Friday from repairs in Israel after suffering damage during bad weather last month.
CENTCOM Statement Regarding IDF Rescue Operations Today
The humanitarian pier facility, including its equipment, personnel, and assets were not used in the operation to rescue hostages today in Gaza. An area south of the facility was used by the Israelis to safely return the… pic.twitter.com/Eg7BNE8Phf
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 8, 2024
Yet when Hamas fires a rocket 200-300 meters from a school or something, they're using the school according to Israel and the US.
@LurkerJ's linked tweet shows it's right next to it ffs.
