US completes installation of floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza

Aid agencies poised to receive supplies and distribute to region where it says humanitarian situation remains critical

The US military has said the installation of a floating pier for the delivery of humanitarian aid off Gaza has been completed, with officials poised to begin ferrying supplies into the enclave where much of the population faces imminent starvation amid the ongoing 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, located about 20 miles north of Gaza.