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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Julian Borger in Washington

‘Who is going to distribute it?’: the key flaw in US’s plan to build aid port in Gaza

Dozens of people, mostly dressed in long pants and long sleeves, wait on a sandy beach looking out an blue ocean.
Palestinians wait for humanitarian aid airdrops in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on 27 February 2024. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The US plan to build a floating port off the Gaza coast is a bold move, reminiscent of the Mulberry harbours built after D-day in Normandy, but there are serious concerns that what relief it brings will be too little too late for Palestinians facing starvation.

“When we talk about the sea route, it’s going to take weeks to set up and we are talking about a population that is starving now. We have already seen children dying of hunger,” said Ziad Issa, the head of humanitarian policy at the ActionAid charity.

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