Video shows ships anchored off coast of Gaza after US completes pier
despite the urgings of multiple federal aid workers, according to an internal report on the project that delivered less than a third of the intended assistance to the Hamas -ruled Palestinian enclave.during his March 7 State of the Union address to Congress, with the White House projecting it would help convey enough provisions to feed an estimated 1.5 million Palestinians over a three-month period
With far-left Democrats calling for Biden to stop supporting Israel’s war efforts against Hamas, the president pitched the pier as a way to placate concerns about the humanitarian situation in Gaza.getting into Gaza every day,” Biden told lawmakers. In fact, it took USAID another 20 days after Biden’s announcement before it could submit its formal request to the Pentagon for official assistance., according to multiple USAID staff,” the report said. “On March 27, USAID formally requested that DoD ‘facilitate maritime delivery of humanitarian supplies and associated logistics support’ from Cyprus to Gaza to support its humanitarian response operations.
“Before its launch, WFP highlighted in its USAID award documentation that lack of community buy-in among Palestinians for the maritime corridor could result in significant safety and security risks and compromise its operations,” the report found. “Further, the WFP documentation stated that its participation … ‘US soldiers stand near trucks arriving loaded with humanitarian aid at the US-built floating pier before reaching the beach on the coast of the Gaza Strip on June 25, 2024.
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