It marks the opening of a new route for humanitarian aid to reach the stricken Gaza Strip.

The first shipment of humanitarian aid has arrived in Gaza via a temporary floating pier, the US military has confirmed.

US Central Command said aid trucks had begun moving ashore at about 09:00 local time (07:00 BST) on Friday.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said 8,400 plastic shelters had been delivered. About 500 tonnes of British aid including tents, hygiene kits and forklift trucks is expected to reach Gaza via the pier, built by US armed forces, in the coming weeks.

However, Mr Sunak said the maritime route was “not the only answer” to the humanitarian crisis in the enclave.

“We need to see more land routes open, including via the Rafah crossing, to ensure much more aid gets safely to civilians in desperate need of help.”

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  • mean_bean279@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Since this is the first arrival I imagine it was more about setting up a command location and creating temporary shelters for people to be right by where the aid would be provided.

    That said… what would also be more helpful is if we stopped providing weapons and ammo to Israel until they agree to properly negotiate and come to some kind of an agreement that keeps Palestinians from being shifted, moved and displaced while simultaneously bombing them at free will. It seems weird that we’re both selling the bombs to the attacker and providing the aid to the attacked.

    • Tryptaminev@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      1 month ago

      It seems weird that we’re both selling the bombs to the attacker and providing the aid to the attacked.

      It makes perfect sense as a way to create plausible deniability while factually supporting the genocide. Also isn’t it convenient to have a makeshift pier there, to start landing troops or to go from there to exploit the gas fields in front of Gaza, ones the opportunity arises?