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submitted 4 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 13 points 4 months ago

[US builds the 320 mil platform]

Israel, ten seconds later: "Sorry, we've decided that US ships are a security risk and can't enter."

[-] livus@kbin.social 14 points 4 months ago

It's more subtle than this:

The new port sits southwest of Gaza City and a bit north of a road bisecting Gaza that the Israeli military built during the current war against Hamas... Now Israeli military positions are on either side of the port...

In other words they are going to act as a bottleneck the same way they do for the road crossings.

Meanwhile humanitarian NGOs are all saying the worst famine is in the North. It's obvious this is just a PR exercise.

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