The Gaza aid pier — constructed by the US military — has broken apart halting US humanitarian deliveries by sea to the war-torn area.
The pier was “damaged and sections of the pier need rebuilding and repairing,” Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said on Tuesday. The pier will be removed from its location on the Gaza coast over the next 48 hours and taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod, where US Central Command will carry out repairs, Singh said. The repairs will take more than a week, further delaying the effort to get the maritime corridor fully operating.
Earlier, four US officials said the pier was damaged by the heavy seas.
