That floating pier the U.S. government built? Well, it's failed to deliver much aid to Gaza. "Several trucks were looted as they made their way to a warehouse, and operations were suspended for two days," reports The New York Times. "The U.N. World Food Program has warned that the pier project could fail if Israel does not do more to ensure the safe distribution of the aid."
It seems insane to blame this on Israel. The U.S. military and allies took on what seemed like a simple project: to build a pier attached to the Gaza shoreline so that aid shipments could more easily reach the embattled territory (price tag: $320 million). There were always roadblocks—the U.S. government does not allow American troops on the ground in Gaza, so it's been a hard project to tackle—and "it is extremely difficult to deliver aid to distribution centers without police escorts to protect the convoys from swarms of people," U.S. and United Nations officials told the Times.
