US completes construction of Gaza aid pier: Pentagon

Washington (AFP) May 7, 2024

The US military has completed construction of the Gaza aid pier, but weather conditions mean it is currently unsafe to move the two-part facility into place, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The pier - which the US military started constructing last month and which will cost at least $320 million - is aimed at boosting deliveries of desperately needed humanitarian assistance to Gaza, which ha