Gaza pier used for aid delivery has been reconnected, U.S. officials say
Gaza pier used for aid delivery has been reconnected, U.S. officials say
The U.S.'s $230 million humanitarian-aid effort had been off to a slow start before a storm upended the operation.
This is, remember, the pier that they claimed they didn't make contingency plans for any heavy storms. In the Mediterranean.
I don't know enough about the Mediterranean climate to know if this was a bad idea, but it sounds like they didn't either
Let me put it this way- large chunks of The Odyssey are Odysseus being caught in a big storm at sea. So you would think the U.S. military would have heard about something that's been known since the bronze age.
What is the population of Gaza? Maybe 2.1 million in the Gaza strip? Various search engines give results between 1/2 million and 5 million, a rather wide variance. This article says the U.S. hopes to deliver 1 million pounds of food every 2 days. The average person eats between 3 and 5 pounds of food per day. It's not enough food even for the lowest population estimate. OTOH, every bit of additional food helps and is good news.
If im not mistaken, when the pontón was originally planned, israel wasnt suppose to enter Rafah... maybe thats the origin of the problem?
When will it be accidentally, we are so sorry, this wont happen again, bombed?
Oh, I hadn't realized it was already being used. A million pounds every two days is a lot, so I'm surprised I hadn't heard until now.
It is because it broke down after the first delivery and the first delivery got blocked by the IDF and wasnt distributed. So the Pier didnt really deliver anything yet.
It is also still far too little and the US could force Israel to open all borders to let in as much aid as is actually needed by stopping to send them weapons and provide diplomatic cover. Plus if the US would apply sanctions, Israel could be forced to retreat from Gaza and finally start upholding international law within a few days.