The U.S. military said that a U.S. warships carrying construction equipment are driving to the Middle East to receive rescue supplies in Gaza Construction Port, which are preparing to worsen in the humanitarian crisis.
BBC (BBC) on Sunday (March 10) reported that the US Central Command issued a statement on the X platform saying that, after the president Biden announced that it would build a floating port to assist in the transportation of assistance materials, the U.S. military would beGeneral Frank S. General Frank S BESSON's logistics support ship launched to Gaza.
The Pentagon pointed out that the U.S. military will send 1,000 soldiers to assist in the construction of the dock, and the construction period may be 60 days. At the same time, it is also emphasized that these soldiers will not go ashore.
Recently, the United Nations issued a warning many times saying that the famine problem of the Gaza Strip was "almost inevitable", and many children starved to death due to the shortage of ingredients.According to charity, the 60 -day Hong Kong -building time was too long, and the Gaza people who were suffering could not wait so long.
While the US warships were launched, a cargo ship full of about 200 tons of food was also waiting for permission to sail from the port of Cyprus on Sunday morning.
It is not clear that before the completion of the U.S. terminal, how to assist supplies to the coast of Gaza through the maritime corridor, because the water level along the Gaza coast is too shallow, it is not suitable for large ships to go shore, and there are no ports that can operate normally along the coast.
However, Oscar Camps, founder of Spain Charity "Open Arms", said that the team of non -profit institutions "World Central Kitchen" has built a dock in a secret location to receive assistance supplies.
Israel welcomes the Western Maritime Corridor plan, saying that after a safety inspection of "Israel's standards" in Cyprus, it will assist in transporting rescue supplies.
According to previous Reuters reports, the temporary terminal will use the EU member State Cyprus as the operating base in the early stage.Senior officials in Washington revealed that temporary terminals can handle hundreds of trucks a day of assistance supplies.These supplies will be screened by the United States and Cyprus, instead of screening, which is a key condition for Israel to accept.
