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US Gaza pier is broken, will take over a week to repair

An image provided by the United States Army shows trucks loaded with humanitarian aid travelling on a US-installed pier off the coast of Gaza [US Army via AP Photo]

The US Department of Defense has said a recently installed pier to bring aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip will be temporarily removed for repairs, after a section of the span was damaged in bad weather.

Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said on Tuesday afternoon that deliveries of humanitarian aid to the coastal Palestinian enclave by sea would be suspended as repairs are carried out to the so-called “Trident” pier.

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