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US military starts building pier off of Gaza to deliver aid
ABC News ^ | April 25, 2024 | Luis Martinez

Posted on 04/25/2024 5:10:47 PM PDT by McGruff

The U.S. military has begun to build the long-awaited port and causeway off the coast of Gaza that will establish a maritime corridor to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza, the Pentagon said Thursday.

"I can confirm that U.S. military vessels, to include the USNS Benavidez, have begun to construct the initial stages of the temporary pier and causeway at sea," Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon's press secretary, told reporters, referring to the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore, or JLOTS, system floating pier delivery system.

"We are aware of the significant interest in this important effort and will provide much more information in the very near future as we work alongside the international community to rush aid to the people of Gaza

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Government; Hamas; Israel; News/Current Events; War; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gaza; pier
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To: EinNYC

Oh, so you want to see some of our servicemen and women killed, eh?


21 posted on 04/26/2024 7:58:23 AM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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To: Paul R.

I suppose there is no time when, during construction, that pier would be unoccupied. Eh?


22 posted on 04/26/2024 8:22:59 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: marktwain

It would be like The Berlin Airlift when the Nazis were still in power.


23 posted on 04/26/2024 8:25:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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