US officials insist American troops will not step foot in Gaza despite building the pier
Fraught with logistical, weather and security challenges, delivering aid via the maritime route and floating pier is designed to bolster the amount of aid getting into the Gaza Strip, AP reports Crucially, however, it is not considered a substitute for far cheaper land-based deliveries that aid agencies say are much more sustainable. Boatloads of aid will be deposited at a port facility built by the Israelis just southwest of Gaza City and then distributed by aid groups.
Israeli forces will be in charge of security on the shore, but there are also two US Navy warships near the area in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the USS Arleigh Burke and the USS Paul Ignatius. Both ships are destroyers equipped with a wide range of weapons and capabilities to protect American troops off shore and US allies on the beach. The first cargo ship loaded with 475 pallets of food left Cyprus last week to rendezvous with a US military ship Off the coast of Gaza.
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