The US begins building a port in Gaza for humanitarian supplies / Article

US Department of Defense Press Secretary Pat Ryder said military ships are involved in the construction and the port could be ready by early May.

While continuing to work with the international community to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip in other ways.

It was previously reported that it was planned to build a floating bay where commercial ships could dock with humanitarian aid, including food, water and medicine. The cargoes would be transferred to other ships and brought to the place of unloading.

Ryder stressed that the earlier shelling of the port site would not affect the work and made it clear that US forces were not planning to enter the Gaza Strip itself.

CONTEXT:

On October 7, 2023, “Hamas” carried out a massacre in Israel, murdering around 1,200 people, the absolute majority of whom were civilians. About 250 more people, including women, children and old people, were taken hostage by the terrorists and taken to the Gaza Strip.

Israel declared martial law in the country and launched extensive air and artillery strikes, as well as a ground operation against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip controlled by the group, and stepped up military operations

On the west bank of Jordan. So far, more than 30 thousand people, mostly women and children, have died in the Gaza Strip, according to the data of the Ministry of Health administered by “Hamas”, and the UN has warned of the growing threat of famine there.

Report a bug