NEW YORK, May 24 — The United Nations has resumed transporting humanitarian aid arriving at a US-built pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip after deliveries were halted for two...
The United Nations has resumed transporting humanitarian aid arriving at a US-built pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip after deliveries were halted for two days. — Reuters pic/US Army CentralNEW YORK, May 24 — The United Nations has resumed transporting humanitarian aid arriving at a US-built pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip after deliveries were halted for two days because some truckloads of aid were intercepted by needy Palestinians.
The UN is coordinating aid distribution at the floating dock, but has remained adamant that aid deliveries by land are the “most viable, effective and efficient” way to combat the humanitarian crisis in the enclave of 2.3 million people.Ten truckloads of aid — driven from the pier site by UN contractors — were received on Friday at a World Food Programme warehouse in Deir El Balah. But on Saturday, only five loads made it to the warehouse after 11 others were intercepted.
“All commodities have been accounted for to my knowledge and no incidents were reported,” Moghraby said, adding that some aid is for WFP to distribute, while the rest is for other aid groups operating in Gaza.The pier operation — announced by US President Joe Biden in March — is estimated to cost US$320 million and involve 1,000 US service members. But Biden made clear that no US troops would set foot in Gaza.
The aid offloaded at the pier comes via a maritime corridor from Cyprus, where it is first inspected by Israel.
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