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U.S.-Built Pier Will Be Put Back in Gaza for Several Days to Move Aid, then Permanently Removed
(AP-Washington Post) Lolita C. Baldor - The pier built by the U.S. military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled Wednesday to be used for several days, but then pulled out permanently, U.S. officials said. The goal is to clear whatever aid has piled up in Cyprus and on the floating dock offshore and get it to a secure area on the beach in Gaza. Once that is done, the Army will dismantle the pier and depart. The project has been hampered by persistent heavy seas and stalled deliveries due to ongoing security threats. U.S. troops removed the pier on June 28 because of bad weather and moved it to the port of Ashdod in Israel.