Pentagon: American warships left for the eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday
The Pentagon announced the dispatch of several more warships to the Mediterranean coast to build a dock near the Gaza Strip. |
The US Department of Defense announced that US warships left for the Eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday to establish a seaport that would allow the transfer of aid to the Gaza Strip.
On Sunday, another ship left for the Eastern Mediterranean. With the dispatch of American warships to Gaza, the aircraft carrier Gerald Ford will return to the region.
It is said that between 600 and 1,500 US troops will be stationed in the Gaza Strip to ensure the protection of the pier structure.
Last Friday, in a speech in the US Congress, the President of the United States continued his campaign activities on the eve of the presidential elections in this country and while he is under pressure from the public opinion inside and outside the United States to stop Israel’s war in Gaza, at the same time as the obstacles In sending humanitarian aid to Gaza, Israel announced: I have ordered the army to lead an emergency mission to build a temporary wharf (port) in the Mediterranean Sea on the Gaza coast, which can handle large shipments of food, water, to deliver medicine and temporary shelters, but no American military forces will enter Gaza.
American officials announced that the construction of this sea corridor (temporary dock) will probably take 60 days. According to them, the sea corridor will include a temporary floating port and dock where humanitarian aid can be sent and then transported by ship to Gaza.
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