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    A port in Gaza: Why the US sees it as a solution to aid deliveries

    by Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times Mar 12, 2024 4 minutes
    The Open Arms vessel, carrying two-hundred tonnes of food aid to Gaza, is seen docked in the Cypriot port of Larnaca on March 9, 2024. A spokeswoman for Open Arms, a charity whose boat docked three weeks ago in the Cypriot port of Larnaca, said "everything will be ready to be able to set sail" later on March 9. The Spanish aid group has partnered with U.S. charity World...

    As Gaza's 2.3 million residents face what United Nations officials describe as "catastrophic" levels of hunger, the United States, the European Union and other countries are beginning construction of a temporary pier to deliver aid by sea.

    The first steps came over the weekend, when the U.S. Army announced that a ship was on its way to the Mediterranean Sea carrying the equipment to build the port — a project that could take two months.

    Here's a look at the project and its complications.

    How does aid currently reach Gaza?

    Since attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, Israel has dramatically reduced deliveries of food and water and

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