The Pentagon says a US-built pier installed to transfer aid to Gaza has not been reanchored yet.
The pier will remain in the Israeli port of Ashdod, where it was moved to last week, US Defence Department spokesperson Sabrina Singh told reporters.
On Friday, US Central Command once again removed the temporary pier from its anchored position off the coast of Gaza and towed it back to Ashdod.
“We’re still assessing when it can be reanchored when sea states calm a bit,” Singh said.
“In terms of the distribution, you did see that some distribution did start back up over the weekend. It is going to take a few days to move some of that aid out of the marshalling area that had built up over time.”
Operation of the $230m pier, meant to boost deliveries of desperately needed humanitarian assistance to Gaza, has been paused several times since it was built in May.
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