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Trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid have begun moving ashore into Gaza using a temporary pier delivered by the United States, the U.S. military said Friday. The aid trucks began moving into Gaza at around 9 a.m. local time , the U.S. Central Command said in a post on X. 'No U.S. troops went ashore in Gaza,' CENTCOM said.
Speaking at a daily news briefing, U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq said that land routes remain the most efficient way to transport aid into Gaza, 'which is why we need all crossing points to be opened,' and appeared to express concerns over the safety of humanitarian workers transferring and distributing aid using the new pier. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel emphasized in a news briefing Thursday that the U.S.
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