The U. S. humanitarian aid pier has been reattached to the Gaza shoreline and will soon return to operational capacity, the U. S. Central Command ( CENTCOM)  , announced , on Friday.
The humanitarian assistance, constructed and operated by the U. S. defense, had seen losses in reaching its first functional capacity. The U.S. military finally attached the improvised pier to the Gaza shore and began moving truckloads of help through the shipping stage on May 17 after delays. Eight days later, a cyclone burst in and blew in the pier, forcing the military to disconnect and transport the structure ahead to the southern Israeli city of Ashdod for repairs.
Speaking with investigators during a media contact on Friday, June 7, U. S. Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the deputy chief of CENTCOM, announced the inspection U. S. troops had safely repaired the wharf and returned it to the Gaza beach.
” Earlier this morning in Gaza, U. S. makes successfully attached the temporary pier to the Gaza beach”, Cooper said. In the upcoming weeks, we anticipate returning the delivery of humanitarian aid from the water.
Cooper also assured people that the recently renovated pier would soon be able to increase traffic, which would allow for the distribution of 250 tons of humanitarian aid and food each day. In contrast, the wharf was able to store 1, 000 lots of supplies before the storm struck during its first eight days of operation.
The U.S. Department of Defense has recently estimated that the humanitarian aid pier would cost around$ 320 million to reach its maximum operational level. At a press briefing on Thursday, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh revised the price for the wharf down to$ 230 million, citing lower- than- expected costs for contracted trucks, drivers, and professional vessels, and the United Kingdom’s choice to donate a support vehicle for the work. Singh claimed that the repair costs after the pier broke apart on May 25 were included in this downward revision, but she declined to provide further details.
As the Israeli military campaign approaches its eight-month mark, the pier is a part of an ongoing U.S. effort to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza’s civilian population.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ( UNRWA )  , estimates , a daily average of 500 truckloads of supplies was needed to sustain the Gaza Strip’s population before the current conflict. Since Oct. 7, UNRWA reports 25, 746 truckloads of supplies have reached the Gaza Strip through land crossings in the past 244 days, an average of about 105 per day throughout the conflict.
According to UNRWA’s most recent assessment, approximately 1, 656 truckloads of supplies crossed the Gaza Strip in May through two land crossings, or roughly 53 truckloads of supplies per day. Through those land crossings so far in June, 170 truckloads of supplies have already reached the Gaza Strip, for an average of 24 trucks per day.
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