The US military’s artificial jetty in Gaza will be withdrawn due to ongoing problems

The American artificial pier, which was intended to facilitate the unloading of large quantities of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, will soon be withdrawn due to continuing problems, US officials announced yesterday. Since it was installed two months ago by the US military, the floating infrastructure has drawn more attention for its problems, in stark contrast to the official rhetoric in Washington, where it was presented as a cause for hope that aid would reach the countless thousands of Gazans under threat. to starve. “I expect that in a relatively short period of time we will terminate operations associated with this pier,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters in Washington. “The pier will soon be decommissioned,” confirmed Pat Ryder, the US Pentagon spokesman, promising clarification on the date and final process in the coming days. At a cost of $230 million, this man-made harbor proved particularly vulnerable to swells and was washed away from the shore several times. […]
Source: News Beast

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