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| The rise and fall of the US-built floating Gaza pier - analysis |
| 2024-07-18 |
| [JPost] US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke to Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant this week. "Secretary Austin told Minister Gallant that the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) temporary pier will soon cease operations," the Department of Defense noted in a statement. Thus ends the four-month saga of the floating Gaza pier. The idea was rushed into action after the Gaza aid stampede in late February when dozens of Gazans were killed trying to get food from aid trucks that had reached northern Gaza. The images from the disaster spurred action in Washington. It was clear that after months of war, northern Gaza was on the brink of a possible humanitarian catastrophe. While a million people had evacuated northern Gaza, several hundred thousand remained. The pier was supposed to enable food to be brought by sea to Gaza. Because it would be attached to the shore in an area Israel controlled, Hamas would not be able to divert the food to its own needs, as it was doing by controlling the Rafah crossing with Egypt. For Israel, the pier made initial sense because it would alleviate pressure regarding Israel’s actions in northern Gaza and also provide a conduit for food to arrive if and when the IDF went into Rafah. nit keyn meynung vos a beibi fyeses mit vi lang vi es tut nisht veynen |
| Posted by:Grom the Reflective |
| #1 Aid being diverted. Isn't that how we got sucked into Somalia? |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2024-07-18 15:20 |