Trucks bringing help to Gaza are now coming ashore after arriving through a pier made by the US military. This information comes from the US Central Command.
On Thursday, a pier was built on a beach in Gaza. It will help bring aid from different countries to the area, where most border crossings are closed and a severe humanitarian crisis is happening.
According to CENTCOM, no US soldiers went on land in Gaza.
We want to bring 500 tons of help to Gaza every day through the pier, according to Adm. Brad Cooper is the leader of CENTCOM. This means they want to send about 90 trucks full of help every day, and they hope to increase it to 150 trucks a day.
A ship will bring aid to the pier on Friday. A UN official told the media that it’s not clear if they have started unloading the aid yet. The help will go to the top part of Gaza one day and to the bottom part on the next.
The maritime path is very important right now because the Rafah border to Gaza has been closed for over a week, stopping aid from getting in. That crossing was the only way for people to travel between Gaza and Egypt. Israel controls all the other border points in the area.
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US military begins using floating pier to transport aid to Gaza
