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A U.S. supply ship left the United States en route to the eastern Mediterranean with the first equipment to build a floating port to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip, U.S. Central Command said on Sunday.
Central Command said in a statement on platform X: “The U.S. Army’s (Gen. Frank S. Besson) ship left the joint Langley-Eustice base en route to the eastern Mediterranean.”
The statement said the logistical support vessel Bison left “less than 36 hours after US President Joe Biden announced that the United States would provide humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea.”
The statement stressed that the ship was carrying “the first equipment for the construction of a temporary pier to deliver vital humanitarian supplies to the Strip.”
Biden has announced that he has instructed the military to establish a temporary port on the Gaza coast that can receive shipments of food, water and medicine needed by the heavily besieged enclave.
“Pentagon” spokesman Patrick Ryder said on Friday that construction of the floating port could take at least one month or two to become fully operational.
Ryder added that the United States aims to provide two million meals to the citizens of Gaza daily, explaining that the operation “may involve a thousand American troops,” claiming that American forces “will not be on the ground in Gaza.”
On March 9, 2024, U.S. Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S. Besson (LSV-1) from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, departed Joint Base Langley-Eustis en route to the Eastern Mediterranean less than 36 hours… pic.twitter.com/X70uttuY9J
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 10, 2024