The Latest | US-built aid pier will be removed from Gaza coast again due to weather, officials say
US-built aid pier will be removed from Gaza coast again due to weather, officials say WASHINGTON — The U.S.-built aid pier will be detached from Gaza’s coast for a second time due to rough seas, two U.S. officials said Friday, raising further questions about the viability of the sea route. The military is detaching the causeway and moving it late Friday and into Saturday to prevent it from breaking apart again, as it did late last month when it was hit by bad weather, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss military planning.
The officials expect it will be back in place by next week and will be operating again. Palestinians are facing widespread hunger because the war has largely cut off the flow of food, medicine and other supplies. U.N.
agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by mid-July. Aid has been moving from Cyprus through the pier to the secure area onshore for several days. But aid agencies have currently paused their effort to pick up and distribute the aid while they conduct a security review.
The United Nations, the player with the widest reach delivering aid within Gaza, has paused its work with the pier after a June 8 operation by Israeli security forces that rescued four Israeli hostages and killed more than 270 Palestinians. Two thirds of all roads in Gaza damaged or destroyed by war, UN says GENEVA — Around two thirds of all roads in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed by war, the U.N. satellite center says its latest analysis.
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