How the US floating pier in Gaza will make a difference in the growing hunger crisis
by Anna Mulrine Grobe
May 16, 2024
3 minutes
The U.S. military says it has finished installing a temporary floating pier off the coast of Israel, a vital step toward delivering desperately needed food into Gaza.
The pier will be used as a route into the 25-mile-long Gaza Strip, which doesn’t having a working port of its own and has seen land routes blocked by war.
Strong winds and high sea swells initially prevented the U.S. military from emplacing the pier. It was anchored to a beach in
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