A pier built by the U.S. military to deliver aid to Gaza is expected to reopen, despite being closed twice as the fighting between Israel and Hamas continues.
Pentagon press secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters the U.S. is aiming to get it back online sometime this week but no specific date was mentioned.
“Of course, as I just mentioned, we’re looking forward to getting it operational again soon and to delivering aid,” he said Wednesday. “And, you know, we’re going to capitalize on, on the conditions. You know, in terms of whether to get as much aid across that pier as we can.”
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The U.S. has spent some $320 million building the pier in the Mediterranean Seato facilitate the delivery of aid into Gaza. But there have been chaotic scenes of hundreds of Palestinians looting aid convoys, and the structure …