US to Build Aid Pier in Gaza 'Very Soon': Pentagon
The United States will soon begin constructing a pier in Gaza to increase the delivery of humanitarian aid following six months of Israeli military operations against Hamas militants.
The aid, which includes equipment for the pier project, is already in the Mediterranean Sea and ready to be unloaded.
The US is set to begin constructing a humanitarian aid facility in the near future.
The facility will include an offshore platform for transferring aid from larger to smaller vessels and a pier for bringing the aid ashore.
The project was initiated due to Israel's delay in delivering aid by ground.
US troops will be involved in constructing the pier, but there will be no "boots on the ground" in Gaza.
Israeli forces will provide security on the ground instead.