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Construction of a temporary floating pier off the coast of Gaza to help deliver aid to the strip is seen in this photo posted on social media by US Central Command on April 30, 2024. (U.S. Central Command)
Images show US military building floating pier off Gaza. Pentagon says it will cost $320 million
By Helen Regan and Natasha Bertrand, CNN
April 30, 2024
(CNN) — The United States Central Command has released images of a floating pier being built by the US military off the coast of Gaza, which once complete is intended to help deliver much needed humanitarian aid to the devastated strip’s starving population.
Construction of the temporary pier began at sea last week and the images show crew from several military vessels building the platform. Separately, a satellite image from Planet Labs shows the pier under construction.
Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said Monday the pier will cost the US about $320 million.
This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows the USNS Roy P. Benavidez, center, in the Mediterranean Sea off shore from the Gaza Strip on Monday, April 29, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
US Military Ships Are Working to Build a Pier for Gaza Aid. It's Going to Cost at Least $320 Million
By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
April 30, 2024
JERUSALEM — A U.S. Navy ship and several Army vessels involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip are offshore of the enclave and building out a floating platform for the operation that the Pentagon has said will cost at least $320 million.
Sabrina Singh, Pentagon spokeswoman, told reporters the cost is a rough estimate for the project and includes the transportation of the equipment and pier sections from the United States to the coast of Gaza, as well as the construction and aid delivery operations.
Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Tuesday show the USNS Roy P. Benavidez about 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) from the port on shore, where the base of operations for the project is being built by the Israeli military. The USAV General Frank S. Besson Jr., an Army logistics vessel, and several other Army boats are with the Benavidez and working on the construction of what the military calls the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore, or JLOTS, system
CENTCOM US military handout image showing the construction of the floating JLOTS pier in the Mediterranean Sea (29 April 2024)
Images show US military building floating pier for Gaza aid
By David Gritten, BBC News
April 30, 2024
The US military has published photos showing a floating pier being built in the Mediterranean Sea to help increase humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza.
Logistics vessels and personnel can be seen assembling the pier from steel segments, next to a US Navy ship.
Costing about $320m (£255m), the pier and a causeway attached to the shore should be operational in a week.
The goal is to deliver aid equivalent to as many as two million meals a day to Gaza to help avert a famine there.
Soldiers with the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) ready the USAV Monterrey to deploy from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., March 12, 2024. Soldiers with the unit are deploying as part of a Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore mission to enable the flow of critical aid from the sea to civilians affected by the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
U.S. Begins Construction on Temporary Pier to Deliver Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
By Joseph Clark, DOD News
April 25, 2024
U.S. military personnel have begun construction of a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza to deliver critical humanitarian assistance, senior defense and Biden administration officials said today.
Construction of the pier is expected to be completed in early May. Once completed, it will initially facilitate the delivery of an estimated 90 truckloads of international aid into Gaza and scale to up to 150 truckloads once fully operational.
The beginning of construction marks a significant milestone following President Joe Biden's call for the military to conduct the emergency operation during his State of the Union Address last month.
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