HUMANITARIAN AID. An aerial view of a construction area as construction of the temporary port, to be built to ensure the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza, still continues in Gaza City, Gaza on April 29, 2024. Last March 8, the Pentagon said it will undertake an emergency mission to build the pier on the Gazan coast to deliver up to two million humanitarian aid meals per day. (Photo by Anadolu)
WASHINGTON – Construction of a temporary pier off Gaza’s coast to be used to deliver humanitarian aid is now over 50 percent done, a Pentagon spokesperson said Wednesday.
"In terms of an update on JLOTS (Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore), so as of today, we are over 50 percent complete on setting up the pier," Sabrina Singh told reporters.
"The floating pier has been completely constructed and setup. The causeway is in progress," she said.
Humanitarian aid delivery will begin in early May, Singh said.
The Pentagon announced on March 8 that it would undertake an emergency mission to establish the pier on the Gazan coast to deliver up to two million humanitarian aid meals per day.
The mission includes a floating pier --a 1,800-foot-long causeway -- that will be attached to the shore and a group of logistic support vessels.
Israel's war in Gaza, which began after a Oct. 7 incursion by Hamas, has devastated the enclave and plunged its 2.3 million people into a humanitarian catastrophe. (Anadolu)
