US soldiers were stranded on beached Army boats after a storm broke apart the US-built aid pier in Gaza

Tue, 05/28/2024 - 18:05

Two boats sail nearby a large metal platform in the sea — Soldiers and sailors assemble the floating pier off the shore of Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea.
US Army via AP

US soldiers were evacuated from beached Army boats after a storm damaged the floating pier in Gaza.
Three Army boats were beached in Gaza over the weekend after high seas broke apart the aid pier.
Repairing the pier could take over a week, disrupting the US effort to send aid to Palestinians.

The Pentagon said Tuesday that US soldiers had been stuck on three Army boats beached in Gaza over the weekend after high seas and a storm broke apart an aid pier the service built to deliver food to starving Palestinians.