Days after aid operations resumed, concerns about heavy seas damaging the $230 million pier have led officials to consider its temporary dismantling.
The U.S. military is said to be considering dismantling the humanitarian pier off the coast of Gaza for the second time in weeks due to rough sea conditions in the eastern Mediterranean.Just days after aid delivery operations resumed, concerns about heavy seas potentially damaging the rebuilt $230 million pier have led military officials to consider its temporary dismantling, CBS News reported Thursday.
The Pentagon has denied claims that the IDF used the pier to stage the risky rescue mission.But the Associated Press reported that the military operation raised concerns among the UN and independent humanitarian groups about the sea route. They questioned whether aid workers could cooperate with the U.S. military-backed, Israeli-secured project without violating core humanitarian principles of neutrality.
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