US Dismantles Gaza Pier With No Prospect of Bringing It Back
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The Pentagon dismantled a temporary pier that brought aid to the Gaza Strip and has no immediate plans to return it, dealing another blow to a program that’s become a symbol of the US struggle to ease the enclave’s dire humanitarian crisis.
US Central Command removed the floating pier, which was built at a cost of about $230 million because of high seas in the Mediterranean, deputy Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told a briefing. “I don’t have a date of when the pier will be re-installed,” she said. “There is still aid sitting in that marshaling area.”