Posted on 05/24/2024 9:05:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The U.S.-built temporary "humanitarian pier" on Gaza's Mediterranean coast — announced by President Joe Biden in his March State of the Union address and completed last week — has quickly turned into a chaotic, dangerous place.
In addition to American troops injured in non-combat accidents, the pier is not moving aid to residents in the enclave at the level hyped by Pentagon officials. Earlier this week, the Department of Defense said that none of the hundreds of metric tons of aid delivered across the pier to Gaza had made it to Gazans.
Even worse, the pier has been the target of attacks by terrorists in Gaza — and now defensive U.S. weapons are being activated to protect the floating aid delivery platform.
U.S. forces are having to directly engage Hamas rockets because the terrorists are trying to destroy the pier.
Now ask yourself...why would they want to destroy the pier that exists only to send food into Gaza?
Makes you think, right? https://t.co/zAzyCRCqvs— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) May 23, 2024
In April, terrorists launched a mortar attack on the marshaling area where the pier connects to land in the Gaza Strip during its construction. The mortar caused minimal damage and the Washington Post said U.S. servicemembers weren't in harm's way — a generous assessment given American troop's presence immediately adjacent to a war zone filled with terrorists who'd celebrate a successful hit on a U.S. target — but it highlighted the shortsightedness of Biden's plan.
Now that the pier's construction is complete, American C-RAM systems to intercept incoming fire have been set up because Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other Iran-backed terrorists continue to attack humanitarian aid — not that pro-terrorist voices would admit the inconvenient truth that terrorists are the ones disrupting aid delivery.
The U.S. pier is not the only entry point for humanitarian aid being attacked by terrorists. On Thursday, the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and Gaza near Rafah was attacked by Hamas for the fourth time this month following attacks on May 5, 9, and 12. The first attack killed four IDF soldiers.
🚨🚨🚨Hamas just fired at Kerem Shalom, the main humanitarian aid crossing into Gaza.
Hamas will do anything to prevent aid from reaching the people of Gaza.— COGAT (@cogatonline) May 23, 2024
At Kerem Shalom, "hundreds of trucks continue to cross into Gaza daily to provide humanitarian aid to Gazans," noted Foundation for Defense of Democracy (FDD) Adjunct Fellow Seth Frantzman of the crossing. "This is important as the IDF expands operations in Rafah and in northern Gaza. The aid provides for Gazan civilians even as Hamas terrorists continue to target the aid crossing," he added.
Joe Truzman, the senior research analyst at FDD's Long War Journal, emphasized the fact that "Hamas attacks on locations that facilitate aid to the people of Gaza continue because international pressure has failed to prevent the terrorists from doing so. Meanwhile, Israeli military operations in the Rafah area have so far failed to stop Hamas from firing on Kerem Shalom," a "crucial hub" for humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza.
Kind of like trying to feed and groom a rabid dog.
What? You would think HAMAS would be grateful that we are resupplying them.
$320 million to build a floating pier
Contract went to a company peopled by retired military, and their contacts from Think Tanks and prob alphabets
Military did the actual work
An audit would be interesting
Boy didn’t see this coming. /s
It’s Hamas the Palis need to fear most.
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The difference between Hamas and the West Bank Palestinians is a matter of internal politics. They both want the one state solution with all Jews and Christians dead.
All I can do after reading this is sigh and say “I told you so”.
Angry Cops has a teeshirt about it now.
Sound like each of his 72 virgins will have a piece of him.
Correction, he has TWO teeshirts!
LOL
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“If we build it, they will come.” ~ MIC
Great shirt designs!
They’re hilarious, Sergeant HY is someone I’d have loved in my cadre when I was in.
Did we face similar problems when we setup our “humanitarian aid piers” in Osaka and Hamburg during WW2? Oh wait...we weren’t absolute retards then.
the left will claim the USA is the aggressor and is attacking unprovoked.
Yep. They made their bed with terrorists. Now they can sleep in it.
Unexpected.
Who didn’t see this coming? Raise your hand..................
Now ask yourself...why would they want to destroy the pier that exists only to send food into Gaza?
They attack the pier which has landed 25 trucks for the same reason they attack all the Israeli crossings, which account for 300-400 (highest 468) trucks on days they're able to stay open. They want the aid for themselves and don't like infidels intruding on their land. Didn't anyone in the administration think of that?
And thanks to SeekAndFind for the photo of the U.S. Centurion C-RAM anti-aircraft artillery in post 25. I'm sure there's a robust perimeter outside the view of the photo. If not, no big deal, Hamas probably won't be able to use it.
Bahahahaha. President Retard is so stupid
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