USA resumed aid deliveries to Loop through the temporary dock it installed in that devastated Palestinian territory, the army reported, after the structure was damaged by a storm in late May and underwent repairs.
“Today (Saturday) at approximately 10:30 am (Gaza time) the United States Central Command (Centcom) began the delivery of humanitarian aid on the ground,” said that military arm on the social network X.
“A total of approximately 492 metric tons (~1.1 million pounds) of much-needed humanitarian assistance was delivered to the people of Gaza,” he added.
He Centcom He specified that the dock, including its equipment, personnel and assets, played no role in the Israeli operation carried out earlier that day to rescue four hostages held in Loop.
“The Israelis used an area south of the facility to safely return the hostages to Israel,” the military said. The temporary dock “was launched with a single purpose: to help move … additional assistance that was urgently needed to save lives,” he said.
This infrastructure, after being repaired in the Israeli port of Ashdodwas returned to the Gaza coast on Friday to be resettled.
The temporary pier was built with the purpose of easing restrictions imposed by Israel on the delivery of humanitarian aid by land to the Stripedevastated after months of Israeli operations in retaliation for the attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on October 7, which sparked the conflict.
Last month about 1,000 tons through that site, but was damaged by a storm about a week after deliveries began.
Source: Gestion
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