U.S. Military Completes Floating Pier To Assist With Getting Aid Into Gaza

The pier aims to begin ferrying urgently needed humanitarian aid into the area that has seen intense fighting over the past seven months amid the war.

The U.S. military has now installed a floating pier for the Gaza strip.

The pier aims to begin ferrying urgently needed humanitarian aid into the area that has seen intense fighting over the past seven months amid the war.

Boatloads of aid will be deposited at a port facility built by Israelis just southwest of Gaza city and then distributed by aid groups.

Final construction of the pier sets up a complicated delivery process to assist Palestinians. Civilians are facing starvation as food and other supplies fail to make it in. The lack of aid comes after Israel recently seized the key Rafah border crossing.

The new water route is designed to increase the amount of aid getting into the Gaza strip. However, it is not considered a substitute for cheaper land-based deliveries that are considered more sustainable.