The US temporarily halts aid deliveries to the people of the Gaza Strip through the makeshift pier set up by the US military. The pier anchored on the coast has been severely damaged by rough seas, it was said on Tuesday.
On May 17, trucks carrying aid entered the Gaza Strip for the first time through the temporary shelter. The Pentagon estimates the cost of the port at approximately 300 million dollars (about 276 million euros). The pier lasted less than two weeks.
The system will be released from its moorings within the next 48 hours and towed to Ashdod, where the US military will carry out repairs, a Pentagon spokeswoman said. The Israeli city is located more than 30 kilometers from Gaza. The spokeswoman said the repairs would take at least a week. The pier would then have to be anchored to the coast again. Washington plans to resume maritime aid deliveries to the people of the Gaza Strip.
This is how humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians
The interim arrangement actually calls for cargo ships to initially take relief supplies from Cyprus to a floating platform a few kilometers off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The goods are loaded onto smaller ships that can sail closer to the coast. They then moor with the truckloads at the temporary pier on the coast. Deliveries from aid organizations are received and distributed there.
The Pentagon initially estimated that about 90 truckloads per day could initially enter the Gaza Strip through the port. At a later date there should be a maximum of 150 truck loads per day. So far there have been considerably fewer.
Source: Krone
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