The US military will establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast to increase the flow of humanitarian aid to the beleaguered territory, Joe Biden is to announce.
The US president is to make the announcement in his State of the Union address. The plan - which an Israeli official has reportedly said Israel 'fully supports' - will provide capacity for hundreds of additional truckloads of aid each day. It will allow more shipments of food, medicine and other essential items into Gaza, US administration officials have told Sky News' partner network NBC News.
Israel launched its offensive in Gaza after Hamas attacked the country on 7 October, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting around 250. More than 100 hostages were released in November in exchange for 240 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The number of Palestinians killed has reached more than 30,700, according to the Hamas-led health ministry in Gaza.
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