Source: United States Central Command (CENTCOM)
May 17, 2024
Release Number 20240517-01
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TAMPA, Fla. – Today at approximately 9 a.m. (Gaza time), trucks carrying humanitarian assistance began moving ashore via a temporary pier in Gaza. No U.S. troops went ashore in Gaza. This is an ongoing, multinational effort to deliver additional aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza via a maritime corridor that is entirely humanitarian in nature, and will involve aid commodities donated by a number of countries and humanitarian organizations.
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