A pier to get aid to Gaza

The U.S. military is building a floating pier that will allow more humanitarian aid to flow to Gaza’s 2 million residents, who are in desperate need of food as Israel bombards the Palestinian territory following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that launched the war. Here is how aid would flow to Gaza by sea:

Cargo undergoes a security screening in Cyprus before being loaded onto a freighter.

CYPRUS

Larnaca

The freighter sails about 200 miles to a U.S.-built floating offshore platform made of connected barges anchored to the sea floor, where pallets of cargo are transferred to waiting Army trucks and driven onto smaller Army boats.

The boats sail about 3 miles to a floating pier and causeway that has been pushed ashore and anchored to the beach by Israeli forces.

The aid trucks drive off the ships and down the two-lane, 1,800-foot causeway and onto the beach, where they are unloaded in an area secured by Israeli forces.

Defense officials say no U.S. military forces will set foot on the ground.

Empty trucks return to fetch more cargo.

Aid groups collect the supplies and distribute them to Gazans.

A pier to get aid to Gaza

The U.S. military is building a floating pier that will allow more humanitarian aid to flow to Gaza’s 2 million residents, who are in desperate need of food as Israel bombards the Palestinian territory following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that launched the war. Here is how aid would flow to Gaza by sea:

Cargo undergoes a security screening in Cyprus before being loaded onto a freighter.

CYPRUS

Larnaca

The freighter sails about 200 miles to a U.S.-built floating offshore platform made of connected barges anchored to the sea floor, where pallets of cargo are transferred to waiting Army trucks and driven onto smaller Army boats.

The boats sail about 3 miles to a floating pier and causeway that has been pushed ashore and anchored to the beach by Israeli forces.

The aid trucks drive off the ships and down the two-lane, 1,800-foot causeway and onto the beach, where they are unloaded in an area secured by Israeli forces.

Defense officials say no U.S. military forces will set foot on the ground.

Empty trucks return to fetch more cargo.

Aid groups collect the supplies and distribute them to Gazans.