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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo and Jason Burke in Jerusalem, Malak A Tantesh in Rafah, and Julian Borger in Washington

US completes installation of floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza

A ship is anchored next to a pier on which vehicles can be seen, at a surf beach with people standing on the water's edge
A ship is seen off the coast of Gaza near the floating pier that will be used to facilitate aid deliveries. Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

The US military has said the installation of a floating pier for the delivery of humanitarian aid off Gaza has been completed, with officials ready to begin ferrying supplies into the territory, where much of the population faces imminent starvation owing to the continuing Israel-Hamas war.

Ordered two months ago by the president, Joe Biden, the US military transported the system overnight from the Israeli port of Ashdod, about 20 miles north of Gaza.

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