1y ago

More Than 1 Million Pounds of Aid Moved Into Gaza Via DOD's Temporary Pier

www.defense.gov

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But how much of it has actually been distributed?
- https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/23/politics/aid-gaza-us-pier/index.html
  Aid groups have begun distributing the humanitarian assistance offloaded at the US pier in Gaza to Palestinians, after encountering significant obstacles on distribution routes including Hamas drones and looting that delayed the deliveries.
  More than 500 metric tons of food and other humanitarian aid offloaded at the pier has now been handed off to humanitarian partners, and two-thirds of that aid has distributed to or is in the process of reaching those in need, a top US Agency for International Development (USAID) official told reporters on a call Thursday.
  The distribution comes several days after the US military’s pier operation launched and got off to a rocky start.
  Aid deliveries from the pier to warehouses inside Gaza were initially hindered by a Hamas drone attack on the IDF “several miles away” from the pier that led to a freeze on convoy movements, and some trucks were looted along one of the distribution paths earlier this week, Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, the deputy commander of United States Central Command, said in a call with reporters on Thursday.
  As a result, the US military had to help USAID come up with alternative, safer routes for trucks leaving the marshaling area on the beach near the pier and traveling to the warehouses.
  
  500 metric tons is about 1m pounds, so the 2/3s figure should hold.
I would be more excited if this wasn’t coming from defense.gov
ITT: If it doesn't solve everything, why bother doing anything?
That pier is going to be there 50yrs from now.
- It's like those temporary class rooms they set as trailers on blocks in US schools.
  It's forty years later.
- Well I was wrong!
I read the article but could not find within what "1 million pounds of aid" entailed. What does that mean? What percentage of weight was food and medical supplies? Temporary housing? I can't help but wonder why that information was not included. Does anyone know more?
- Are percentage breakdowns frequently included in reporting on humanitarian aid delivery? I haven't seen this to be the norm, and wasn't wondering why it wasn't included.
  
  Your'e asking the wrong fella, fella. But yaknow i was questioning the report, not the quality of your post, OP. I liked it and wanted to know more information. Discussing the material of your post is part of a discussion forum, right? Your own lack of curiosity isn't really the point once you post it. Or do you have a completely different idear of what this place is supposed to be?
- lead for emergency pencils
For comparison, a single arms shipment of bombs to Israel is usually about 3 million pounds of munitions.
Something like 1000 2000lb bombs and 1500 500lbs bombs.
Of which Israel has received I think like 2 shipments per month with various combinations of bomb sizes.
Military aid for Israel?
Aid for who? A few more tanks for the terrorist regime?

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