Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
After failing to re-anchor its 'humanitarian pier' in Gaza , the Pentagon said Thursday that the much-ballyhooed project—which critics dismissed as a 'public relations ploy' that did next to nothing to stop the deadly starvation spreading in the besieged Palestinian enclave—would shut down indefinitely. Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder said U.S.
It is also likely that the pier was used for military purposes during the June raid by Israel Defense Forces troops, who killed or wounded hundreds of Palestinians—including many women and children—during the rescue of four Israelis kidnapped by Hamas militants on October 7.
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