"DoD and IDF operational and security requirements took precedence in the planning to use JLOTS [the pier] for the humanitarian response."

"...multiple USAID staff expressed concerns that the focus on using JLOTS [the Gaza pier] would detract from the Agency’s advocacy to open land crossings in Israel and Egypt, which were seen as more efficient and proven avenues for delivering aid to Gaza."

There's so much going on in this report about the Gaza pier, but this part is particularly interesting. The UN's World Food Program wanted the pier to at least be built in the north where the people were starving the most. The IDF and USAID overruled that plan.

@MiddleEastEye: "Multiple USAid staff expressed concerns that the focus on using JLOTS would detract from the agency’s advocacy for opening land crossings, which were seen as more efficient and proven methods of transporting aid into Gaza"

While JLOTS Mission Has Concluded, Several Million Pounds of Aid Remain to be Delivered https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3844184/while-jlots-mission-has-concluded-several-million-pounds-of-aid-remain-to-be-de/

Here's the What's Going On With Shipping guy (on a busman's holiday in Alaska) on the topic of the Gaza Pier/JLOTS mission failure.Here's the What's Going On With Shipping guy (on a busman's holiday in Alaska) on the topic of the Gaza Pier/JLOTS mission failure.

Why The Gaza Pier Failed | Five Issues and the Ultimate Cause Why JLOTS Did Not Succeed

Container Shipping Around South Africa (Cape of Good Hope) Temporarily Suspended Due to Weather Five Reasons Why the Gaza Pier Failed July 16, 2024 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the underlying causes for the failure of the US military Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) Gaza Pier. #gaza #gazapier #jlots Support What's Going on With Shipping via: Patreon: www.patreon.com/wgowshipping Twitter: @mercoglianos Facebook: @wgowshipping Email: mercoglianosal@gmail.com U.S. Military to Shut Down Humanitarian Pier Operation in Gaza https://gcaptain.com/u-s-military-to-shut-down-humanitarian-pier-operation-in-gaza/

@ABC: LATEST: It's unclear if the U.S. military’s JLOTS pier can be reattached to get the final aid shipments from Cyprus into Gaza, a Pentagon spokesperson said. Read more: https://t.co/lD7ZoaxR14

RIP JLOTS. Really unfortunate that this thing underperformed—for a bunch of reasons. At least we learned this lesson while not being shot at. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

U.S. will soon end its troubled Gaza pier mission, Pentagon says

The Pentagon’s floating pier off Gaza, announced by President Biden in March, has been sidelined several times by poor weather and rough seas.

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Scheinbar ist der Bedarf an Hilfsgütern in Gaza für die UN mehr als gedeckt. Am Grenzübergang Kerem Shalom in Südgaza warten inzwischen 1.100 LKW-Ladungen auf Abholung, weitere 9.000 Paletten am Hilfspier der USA.