Gazans Have Received No Aid From Biden’s Pier, Pentagon Says
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The Pentagon on Tuesday said Gazan civilians have not yet received any of the aid unloaded from the humanitarian pier that the United States constructed off the coast of Gaza.
Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told CNN on Tuesday that he "[did] not believe" any aid from the pier had reached the Palestinian population but noted that the distribution process was underway.
Trucks that were delivering aid over the weekend were, according to Ryder, "intercepted by some people who took that aid off those vehicles." The interception caused the United Nations to suspend delivery and seek "alternative routes" for delivering the 569 tons of aid that have arrived at the pier since Friday, CNN reported.
"Fully appreciating the desperation, but also fully appreciating the fact that it is very important that this aid get to the people who need it most," Ryder said.
"That’s going to continue to be the focus," Ryder added. "So I understand, you know, the focus on why is this not working, or why is that not working, but what we’re focused on is how we can work to ensure that the Palestinian people get the aid."
President Joe Biden revealed during his State of the Union address in March that he ordered the military to construct the pier off Gaza.
The Pentagon said in April that the humanitarian pier—constructed at an estimated cost of $320 million —is meant to help deliver about 90 truckloads of aid per day in initial phases to the Palestinian civilians, with the intent of increasing to 150 trucks daily.
"[Conditions in Gaza] have not improved and in the past two weeks we have seen a vital border crossing close, and at a time when it is critical we see more aid move," Sonali Korde, assistant to the administrator of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, said last week.
"Across Gaza, 2.2 million people, the entire population, is facing acute food insecurity," Korde added.
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320 million spent by America to build a pier to give aid to Hamas to sell to Gazans.
THe Hamas leaders living large in Qatar must thank Allah every day for Joe Biden.
Guess Brandon doesn't know anything about logistics.
He can move all he wants to his temporary pier (really hope that thing in the picture isn't it. That looks like hell to navigate for any rig/flatbed/trailer.)
Without security to protect the shipments going into Gaza nothing is going to get delivered. Aid convoys will have to deal with the IDF, Hamas, and any groups of starving Gazans that have organized in the current power vacuum. Given that Gaza is still very much a war zone security isn't going to be cheap. Waiting for the Pentagon to tell Brandon this isn't going to work w/o US forces on the ground in Gaza. Until then all of that aid will be sitting on the end of the dock withering away in the sun and salt water.
That thing in the picture IS it.
What a waste of US taxpayer money. That area must never experience storms, or choppy seas.
Who didn't see that coming.
Brandon apparently.
That's an understatement.
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you , that this could be happening.....
Most of us could see this coming from a mile away or more. We were led to believe the Biden administration knew best, and that Hamas would make sure that this humanitarian aid would be swiftly passed on to the people in need, instead of keeping it for themselves. What's next for General Joe Biden? Sending American troops inland to guard the trucks?
Pentagon Does 'Not Believe' Aid to Temporary Pier Is Reaching Residents of Gaza (townhall.com)
As a famous man once said, "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to fuck things up".
One more “ I told you so” boondoggle by our Fed.
Heads should roll …..
Biden needs to deliver a million fishing poles then those Gazans can get cracking.
I do not understand all this concern for Gazans.
It’s a left wing sacred cow.
I don't understand all of the concern for the Ukrainians, Israelis, Kurds, Syrian rebels, etc. that the US never seems to have enough money to support.
We spend far too much on people that really don't give a shit about us; and will stab us in the back the first opportunity they get.
Hmmm ... Seems like the Palestinian State needs a government to oversee distribution of the aid. Anybody know which rock the Palestinian Authority is hiding under these days?
Does Yasser Biden know the government of the Palestinian State is located in the West Bank, waiting to reclaim Jerusalem? Why ain't Biden demanding that Mahmoud Abbas do his job? Or does Biden prefer negotiating with Hamas terrorists instead of the Palestinian government?
The one that keeps them safe from being tortured and murdered by Hamas.
Sigh.
Does anyone realize that the PA is in the West Bank and Hamas is in Gaza?
There is no land bridge connecting the two; and there is no free travel between the two allowed by Israel.
Pretty hard for the PA to take over when they aren't even allowed into Gaza.
Pretty hard for the PA to do anything besides continuing their corruption.
The PA was killed off/ousted from Gaza after the 2006 elections.
The PA can't even protect the West Bank Palestinians from Israeli settlers, IDF, or the illegal settlement expansion.
Why don't you ask Bibi why he doesn't want the PA controlling Gaza?