Aid organisations have criticised a US-built temporary pier in Gaza used to transport aid into the besieged enclave, after satellite images revealed it breaking apart.
The imagery showed the sea damaging the pier on Tuesday, with sections needing rebuilding and repairing.
The pier, which is made up of a narrow causeway and an area used to place supplies transported by ship, cost $320 million and went into use on 17 May.
US Department of Defense spokesperson Sabrina Singh spokesperson told reporters it will now have to be moved to Ashdod in Israel, where repairs will take at least a week to be completed.
According to CNN, the pier, known as the Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS), can only operate in good conditions.
Michael Selby-Green, a media spokesperson for Islamic Relief told The New Arab that his group and other aid organisations have repeatedly warned that the pier could not be a substitute for getting aid through land crossings that already exist.
“The damage sustained by the floating pier two weeks after it began operating exposes the structure for the distraction that it is,” he said.
He clarified that even at full capacity, the pier only delivers a small fraction of aid that could be brought in by trucks.
“It’s taken two-and-a-half months to build the pier and deliver the claimed 1,000 metric tonnes of aid, which is a drop in the ocean compared to what’s needed in Gaza. Every day that passes pushes more families closer to starvation and puts more lives at risk,” he added.
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