Hunger and disease won’t be cured by building a pier for aid
. On March 7th Joe Biden announced that America’s armed forces would build a pier on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast. The president has pleaded for months with Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, to, where hunger and disease threaten to kill thousands of people, aid groups warn. Exasperated, he is now taking matters into his own hands. “This temporary pier would enable a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance getting into Gaza every day,” Mr Biden said.
Cypriot officials have for months promoted the idea of a sea corridor, but the proposal went nowhere. It has gained traction now because of the growing desperation in Gaza. The, especially in northern Gaza, where the population is almost totally cut off from aid. One in six children under the age of two in the north is acutely malnourished; a few children have already starved to death. Last month the World Food Programme suspended deliveries to the north, saying they were too dangerous.
On March 2nd America started air-dropping food into Gaza. This was widely panned as a gimmick: air drops are an inefficient way to deliver aid. It has carried out three such missions so far, delivering a total of 192 bundles containing 112,896 meals. The number sounds impressive, but it represents only one meal over six days for 5% of Gazans . The sea route, in theory, could bring in more help. Diplomats say it could deliver the equivalent of 200 lorries of aid each day.
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