US President Joe Biden has announced that the military will build a temporary port on Gaza's Mediterranean coast to receive humanitarian aid by sea. It's part of an effort to avert famine in the Palestinian enclav
Packages fall towards Gaza, after being dropped from a military aircraft with a French tail flag, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, as seen from Israel's border with Gaza in southern Israel, on Mar 7, 2024. It's part of an effort to avert famine in the Palestinian enclave five months into Israel's military campaign against Hamas, which has devastated the tiny Gaza Strip and plunged its 2.3 million people into a humanitarian catastrophe.
Israel has said there is no limit on the amount of humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza and blames slow delivery on UN distribution capacity.Most aid had been coming by road through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt and, since December, via the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel, but the pace has been painfully slow.
The European Commission has also said a maritime aid corridor from Cyprus to Gaza will start operating soon with help from the United Arab Emirates, but it has given no details how that will work.The US military will construct a floating pier and install it in place off Gaza. An official was quoted in US media saying it would be attached to land by a temporary causeway.
With hospitals in northern Gaza already reporting children dying of malnutrition, the temporary port plan does not look like an immediate solution for people who are already starving.That's not clear either. Most of Gaza's coast is beach, and there may be limited locations where larger ships can approach without dredging.
There is also a long jetty built into the sea near Khan Younis in the south that is normally used for fishing boats.Biden has promised that no US boots would touch the ground in Gaza and it is not clear if Israeli or other forces would provide security for the temporary port itself or for aid moving out into the enclave.
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