Crowds Intercept Almost All Aid Sent Over US-Built Pier in Gaza
- Pentagon built pier for $320 million to ease Gaza crisis
- Deliveries suspended after aid was intercepted, officials say
WATCH: Paul Wallace reports on the demand for foreign aid deliveries in Gaza.
Source: BloombergCrowds of desperate people in the Gaza Strip have intercepted almost all of the aid sent over a temporary pier built by the US military, officials said, forcing a temporary halt to deliveries and complicating an already dire humanitarian crisis.
In a briefing on Tuesday, Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said that 569 metric tons of aid has been brought in via the pier, which cost about $320 million to build and operate, for delivery onward. But asked if any had made it through to aid groups for distribution, he responded, “As of today, I do not believe so.”