The US military's Central Command today (Tuesday) released the first images of a naval vessel, as the US confirmed that President Joe Biden had received new pledges from Israel to ensure aid to Gaza. Beach of Gaza.
The operation aims to deliver two million meals a day to the Gaza Strip, where the United Nations warns of “almost certain” famine.
The US military's Central Command said in its account on the “X” that the naval ship will “support efforts aimed at providing assistance to civilians in the Gaza Strip.”
$320 million
Yesterday (Monday), the Pentagon announced that the cost of building the naval ship would not be less than 320 million dollars.
Speaking to reporters, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said the cost of the project was a rough estimate and included transportation of equipment and parts of the dock from the United States to the Gaza Strip, in addition to construction activities and aid distribution.
Under the US military's plan, aid will be loaded onto merchant ships in Cyprus for transport to a floating dock.
The planks will be loaded onto trucks, which in turn will be loaded onto smaller ships that will make their way to the two-way floating metal bridge.
How does America establish a floating port?
According to the Pentagon, the project calls for two main elements to be joined together: a large floating dock made of steel strips and a two-lane, 548-meter (1,800-foot) paved road and a pier.
The paved road consists of steel sections, each 12 meters (40 ft) long, connected together to the beach.
Cargo ships loaded with relief supplies would arrive at anchor, then the cargo would be transported in a group of freighters and smaller ships – called logistics ships – to docks on the coast.
From the ship, trucks will carry aid to the mainland and then to the Gaza Strip.
A paved road will be built to connect the huge marina floating on the sea to the shore, so the US will not have to land troops in Gaza. The United States supports its ally Israel while classifying Hamas as a “terrorist organization.”
More than a thousand US soldiers are expected to take part in the operation, while there will be no “soldiers on the ground” according to the US Department of Defense (Pentagon).
This waterfall construction project is officially called Joint Coastal Logistics.
Its absorption capacity
According to the Associated Press, Pierre ordered US forces not to set foot on the Gaza Strip.
The United Nations said last week that the daily average number of trucks entering Gaza this April was 200, with a peak of 316 on Monday.
Humanitarian aid from Biden must pass through Israeli checkpoints on the ground, a senior Biden administration official said last week.
It will be ready in 3 weeks
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told ABC News on Sunday that the floating docks will be operational in a few weeks, but will not replace land routes, which are the best way to bring in food. Supplies on the strip.
He explained, “It will be two to three weeks before we actually see any process.”
The U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) confirmed last week that the U.S. military has begun construction of a floating vessel aimed at speeding up aid deliveries.
Israel wants to prevent any aid from reaching Hamas militants, preventing their war effort from strengthening.
The fact that aid is subject to scrutiny raises doubts about delays in its delivery even after it reaches shore.
The United Nations has long complained of obstacles to the flow of aid across Gaza.
The international organization has launched an appeal to raise $2.5 billion between April and December to meet the most urgent needs of Gaza residents.
The United Nations says the five-month war has left Gaza's 2.4 million residents with severe food shortages, with some areas now exceeding famine levels.
In light of the blockade of land aid entry by the occupation, Arab and Western countries took steps to drop aid from the air and send aid from Cyprus via the recently launched sea route.
With no infrastructure, a charity recently built a temporary dock from the rubble to handle incoming aid.
FOGPO Company…What is its role?
To help carry out the mission, the U.S. partnered with a little-known private company called Fogbo, run by former U.S. military and intelligence officials, the BBC reported.
Fogbo is directed by former Marine Corps Lt. Col. Sam Mandy, who previously commanded forces in the Middle East; and former CIA paramilitary officer Mike Mulroy, who currently serves as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Affairs.
Details of the company's work are yet to be made public. But a source familiar with the plan told the BBC that Operation “Fokpo” – known locally as the “Blue Beach Plan” – basically boils down to organizing the movement of aid once it arrives on the Gaza Strip.
Containers and cargo ships will be unloaded and aid will be loaded onto trucks that will be transported to distribution centers inside Gaza as part of a program approved by the US and Israeli governments.
“Fogbo” will not participate in the distribution process, but rather its role will be limited to logistics tasks, according to expectations.
