[News] US army aided Israel in bloody military op launched from Gaza 'Aid Pier'

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 US army aided Israel in bloody military op launched from Gaza 'Aid Pier'

The operation saw the mass killing of over 200 Palestinians, with health
officials describing the inside of Al-Aqsa Hospital as a 'slaughterhouse'

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

JUN 8, 2024 -
https://thecradle.co/articles/us-army-aided-israel-in-bloody-military-op-launched-from-gaza-aid-pier
(Photo Credit: US Central Command via AP)

A video shared widely by Hebrew Telegram channels on 8 June shows that the
Israeli army made use of the US-built pier installed in central Gaza as
part of a bloody rescue operation that saw the killing of at least 210
Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Furthermore, according to Israeli journalist Barak Ravid, a special US
military unit specialized
<https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/hostage-recovery-fusion-cell-established>
in rescuing captives “supported the effort” that decimated the Nuseirat
camp.

Multiple Israeli media outlets reported on Saturday afternoon that a
special forces unit penetrated deep into the Nuseirat camp to recover four
living captives amid heavy bombing by Israeli warplanes.

They were then flown out of Gaza via the US-built pier, which had been
reinstalled on the coast on Friday after undergoing tens of millions in
repairs.

On Saturday, the Israeli army announced
<https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-805419#805419> that it has
started “securing the coastal area of the US military's Joint Logistics
Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) pier in Gaza.”

Upon announcing the project earlier this year, Washington stated that the
floating pier was built to serve as a “maritime corridor” to deliver
desperately needed aid into Gaza.

“I’m directing the US military to lead an emergency mission to establish a
temporary pier on the Gaza coast in the Mediterranean. This pier will
facilitate the arrival of large ships loaded with food, water, medicine,
and temporary shelters,” US President Joe Biden said earlier this year when
announcing plans for the pier, purportedly to make up for an Israeli
blockade of all land crossings into the besieged enclave.

Nevertheless, the Palestinian resistance repeatedly warned that the
floating pier was built to deliver weapons to Israel.

“The pier is intended to provide cover for Washington’s support for the
occupation state with weapons … International and regional talk about
introducing aid has had no real impact on the famine in the strip,” Hamas
said last month.

*The Cradle*
<https://thecradle.co/articles/the-gaza-aid-pier-a-us-geopolitical-ploy>
columnist Suat Delgen recently questioned whether the US-built pier is
meant to serve as a “smokescreen for political maneuvers.”

“The suspicion is that the project, while ostensibly ‘facilitating’ aid
delivery, might also allow for increased control over the entirety of Gaza
under the guise of humanitarian assistance. This control could potentially
streamline Israel’s military operations and fortify its strategic positions
within Gaza, ultimately influencing the broader geopolitical dynamics of
the conflict.”
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