None of the aid that has been unloaded from the temporary pier the US constructed off the coast of Gaza has been delivered to the broader Palestinian population, as the US works with the UN and Israel to identify safe delivery routes inside the enclave, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
Over the weekend, as trucks began moving the aid delivered off the floating pier, CNN reported that a group of men in Gaza intercepted the aid, saying they did not trust that it was actually meant for the Palestinian people.
“I have doubts,” Mounir Ayad, a Gaza resident, told CNN near the pier. “I don’t understand this floating pier or what it indicates and what its purpose is. They say it’s for aid, but people are apprehensive. Is this aid or something else? We know that the US has never supported the Palestinian cause, so it’s implausible that it’s giving us aid without something in return.”
“This is not a sole US military effort, it’s an interagency effort. It’s an international effort. And we understand the desperate need of the Palestinian people right now,” Ryder said of efforts to get aid into Gaza. “And we’re going to continue to work to get them what they need.”
If you believe some dudes are blocking the aid package and Hamas has nothing to do with it and does everything they can to supply the aid for the Palestinians you probably believed some random green mens invaded Crimea in 2014.
It’s also neither the US nor Israel, nor any other nation that is aiding in the transit. It was intercepted by men in Gaza, and not passed on to the residents.
This whole operation is ran solely by the US and Israel, they have no one to blame but themselves. Moreover
He added that aid had been held in an assembly area on shore, […]
A US official told CNN that the Defense Department and UN are still working to determine how much aid can be held at he staging area inside Gaza at any given time.
The amount of aid getting to the Gaza shoreline from its initial staging area in Cyprus has also fallen short of initial Pentagon estimates.
The problem is occurring at the point of delivery to Gaza, where “a group of men in Gaza” are detaining the aid and refusing delivery out of skepticism. In turn, the aid is backed up in the previous holding area, hence the need for discussion of alternate routes.
He added that aid had been held in an assembly area on shore, but as of Tuesday had begun getting moved to warehouses for distribution throughout Gaza as alternative routes have been established.
This is now the second time I’m quoting this sentence. I suggest you read it this time.
Over the weekend, as trucks began moving the aid delivered off the floating pier, CNN reported that a group of men in Gaza intercepted the aid, saying they did not trust that it was actually meant for the Palestinian people.
Did you even read the article? Hamas is mentioned exactly zero times wrt to the aid. This is all the US and Israel’s doing.
I did. You didn’t. Read earlier replies.
Did you read the article?
This is Lemmy. Facts are not important.
I think you meant to post this on FB
If you believe some dudes are blocking the aid package and Hamas has nothing to do with it and does everything they can to supply the aid for the Palestinians you probably believed some random green mens invaded Crimea in 2014.
There is a disappointing amount of ignorant groupthink on Lemmy. Why read an article when you can make assumptions from the headline?
None of that says Hamas.
It’s also neither the US nor Israel, nor any other nation that is aiding in the transit. It was intercepted by men in Gaza, and not passed on to the residents.
This whole operation is ran solely by the US and Israel, they have no one to blame but themselves. Moreover
The problem is occurring at the point of delivery to Gaza, where “a group of men in Gaza” are detaining the aid and refusing delivery out of skepticism. In turn, the aid is backed up in the previous holding area, hence the need for discussion of alternate routes.
It doesn’t say a group of men are detaining the aid, it days a group of desperate Gazan took the aid.
The solution is shockingly simple, send more aid so people aren’t so desperate.
This is now the second time I’m quoting this sentence. I suggest you read it this time.
So what do you suggest? Armed military personnel fight their way there to deliver it?
Also do you honestly believe hamas would openly say “yeah we are blocking the aid”?