A new port is being built in the Gaza Strip ahead of a U.S. military-led operation to bring more desperately needed food and other aid into the besieged enclave as Israel’s war on Hamas grinds on. That's according to satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press on Thursday.
This satellite picture taken by Planet Labs PBC show the construction of a new aid port near Gaza City, Gaza Strip , on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. A new port is being built in the Gaza Strip ahead of a U.S. military-led operation to surge needed food and other aid into the besieged enclave as Israel ’s war on Hamas there grinds on, according to satellite images analyzed by Thursday, April 25, 2024, by The Associated Press.
However, the site has already been targeted by a militant mortar attack, according to the Israeli military. An official from the Hamas militant group that has run Gaza since 2007 has warned that any foreign military presence at the pier would be target for attack — potentially complicating the aid efforts even further.
The port will likely have three zones — one controlled by the Israelis where aid from the pier is dropped off, another where the aid will be transferred, and a third where Palestinian drivers contracted by the U.N. will wait to pick up the aid before bringing it to distribution points, the U.N. official said.
A top Cyprus government official, who spoke to the AP on the customary condition of anonymity, said the pier “will be ready by next week and we will begin again.” The official didn’t specify when exactly shipments will begin.
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