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| $320 Million Mistake-Pentagon says none of the aid unloaded from US pier off coast of Gaza has been delivered to broader Palestinian population | |
| 2024-05-24 | |
Several desperate Gazans intercepted trucks delivering aid from the pier over the weekend, leading the UN to suspend the delivery operations until the logistical challenges are resolved. The US is working with Israel and the United Nations to establish “alternative routes” for the safe delivery of the 569 tons of aid transported to Gaza since last week, Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said on Tuesday. Asked whether any of the aid has been delivered to the people of Gaza, Ryder said, “As of today, I do not believe so.” He added that aid had been held in an assembly area on shore, but as of Tuesday had begun getting moved to warehouses for distribution throughout Gaza as alternative routes have been established. A US official told CNN that the Defense Department and UN are still working to determine how much aid can be held at he staging area inside Gaza at any given time. The amount of aid getting to the Gaza shoreline from its initial staging area in Cyprus has also fallen short of initial Pentagon estimates. Since Friday, more than 569 metric tons of humanitarian assistance have been delivered through the temporary pier, called JLOTS, or Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore, to the shore of Gaza to be distributed by humanitarian partners, Ryder said. But Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command, said last week that the US hoped to initially transport 500 tons of aid per day via the pier, and scale up as time went on. Over the weekend, as trucks began moving the aid delivered off the floating pier, CNN reported that a group of men in Gaza intercepted the aid, saying they did not trust that it was actually meant for the Palestinian people. “I have doubts,” Mounir Ayad, a Gaza resident, told CNN near the pier. “I don’t understand this floating pier or what it indicates and what its purpose is. They say it’s for aid, but people are apprehensive. Is this aid or something else? We know that the US has never supported the Palestinian cause, so it’s implausible that it’s giving us aid without something in return.” Shoot him Ryder acknowledged on Tuesday that some initial aid brought into Gaza was “intercepted by some people who took that aid off those vehicles.” “Fully appreciating the desperation, but also fully appreciating the fact that it is very important that this aid get to the people who need it most, that’s going to continue to be the focus. So I understand, you know, the focus on why is this not working, or why is that not working, but what we’re focused on is how we can work to ensure that the Palestinian people get the aid.” The Pentagon said in April that the goal was to deliver roughly 500 tons of aid — amounting to 90 truckloads — per day to the starving population of Gaza, with the intent of working up to 150 trucks daily. The pier was finally anchored to Gaza last week as the humanitarian situation in the enclave has only worsened. | |
| Posted by:NoMoreBS |
| #7 Like Nikes in Chicago, so are the supplies into gaza -que cheesy soap opera music- |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-05-24 17:55 |
| #6 'Mission Accomplished' |
| Posted by: Airandee 2024-05-24 13:29 |
| #5 ^^ Possibly Iranian missile 'tests' carried out by Hezbollah. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-05-24 10:02 |
| #4 Why not lapes it in ? Maybe a few people might get some and with luck it might even land on a group HAMAS😎 trying to steal it |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-05-24 10:01 |
| #3 C-RAM installed at gaza pier. I wonder who it's supposed to deter? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-05-24 07:44 |
| #2 Who will destroy the pier first, the Muslims or the Jews? |
| Posted by: Huputle+Cherelet4131 2024-05-24 07:38 |
| #1 Mistake my a$$. If Joe could, he'd order US military to attack Israel. |
| Posted by: Grom the reflective 2024-05-24 00:17 |