Due to bad weather, the Pentagon said on Friday that the U.S. army had to halt its plan to build a wharf off Gaza to transport charitable supplies.
According to a statement from the U.S. Central Command, high winds and sea swells prevented soldiers from working on the surface of the largely constructed bridge, prompting the temporary pause in offshore assembly of the floating wharf off the coastline of Gaza.
The partially constructed wharf and military installations moving to Israel’s Port of Ashdod, where assembly will remain, has been reported.
The floating jetty in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Gaza is being built by as many as 1, 000 American service members, according to estimates from the Pentagon, which did expense$ 320 million.
An 1, 800-foot-long bridge that will be attached to the sea and, as announced during President Biden’s State of the Union address in March, will be used as a support system for the U.S. government and its partners in bringing in more humanitarian assistance to residents in the area.
The pier’s job was supposed to be finished by this week’s end, but the risky waters will probably put off that goal by a few days.
The jetty is anticipated to have enough room to carry 90 regular carloads of humanitarian aid into Gaza and to increase to about 150 everyday vehicles.
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