US aid pier off Gaza is ‘useless’, Gaza official says
A US floating pier off Gaza’s coast has failed to ease the humanitarian crisis, with Salama Marouf, head of Gaza’s Government Media Office, saying that “this pier is useless”. He added that “humanitarian aid worth 120 trucks have been channelled through the pier since it was built”, in mid-May.
On Friday, the US military announced it reinstalled the aid pier that had been damaged in bad weather.
Aid groups have long warned that the US pier is an ineffective way to deliver aid and cannot be a substitute for opening land routes, which had been blocked or severely restricted by Israel.
It was also reported that the pier was used in the Israeli captive rescue operation in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza that killed more than 270 people, a claim that the US denied.
More than 2,000 trucks waiting to cross into Gaza: EU
“More than 2,000 trucks carrying humanitarian aid and commercial goods are waiting in Egypt, ready to enter Gaza,” the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations has said.
“Due to intense military operations, the Rafah crossing remains closed. The EU advocates for sustained, unimpeded, and safe humanitarian access,” it said on X.
More than 2,000 trucks carrying humanitarian aid and commercial goods are waiting in Egypt, ready to enter Gaza.
Due to intense military operations, the Rafah crossing remains closed.
The EU advocates for sustained, unimpeded, and safe humanitarian access. pic.twitter.com/I1EPHr38Td
— EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 (@eu_echo) June 11, 2024
Monday’s satellite imagery, verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency, confirmed a large number of aid trucks parked in the Egyptian logistics zone of the Rafah border crossing.
Satellite imagery shows a large number of humanitarian aid trucks situated on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing
