The United States Army began construction this Thursday a pier off the coast of Gaza that will establish a maritime corridor to bring humanitarian aid to Loopinfrastructure that could be ready in May, as announced by the Pentagon this Thursday.
“US military ships, including the USNS Benavidez, have begun construction of the initial stages of the pier,” Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryde said in a press conference.
The general has indicated that the Pentagon is aware of the “great interest in this important effort”, which is why “much more information” will be provided while progress is made in the construction of the dock, an infrastructure in which “the international community” works.
The Pentagon has estimated that, when the pier is operational, it could provide up to 2 million meals per day to Gaza.
A senior US military official has said the US is “on track to begin delivering humanitarian assistance to Gaza from the sea in early May.”
“This additional flow from the sea represents a significant increase in life-saving aid,” the official said.
The hundreds of American soldiers and sailors who will build the pier will live and They will sleep aboard the British naval ship Cardigan Baywhich will be located miles from the coast, the official explained.
The Gaza Strip suffers the greatest food catastrophe of the planet at least in the last two decades, since there are records, as revealed by the annual report of the Global Network against Food Crises (GNAFC) in collaboration with the FAO and other UN agencies published yesterday.
In addition, more than 281 million people are estimated to have suffered acute food insecurity in 59 countries during 2023, compared to 258 million the previous year.
