{"id":2230018,"date":"2024-04-25T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terrorists-attack-us-humanitarian-pier-construction-site-off-gaza-report\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T12:36:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:36:51","slug":"terrorists-attack-us-humanitarian-pier-construction-site-off-gaza-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terrorists-attack-us-humanitarian-pier-construction-site-off-gaza-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Terrorists Target US Humanitarian Pier Construction Site Near Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fterrorists-attack-us-humanitarian-pier-construction-site-off-gaza-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2230018&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Gazan terrorists targeted \u2062a Gaza coast site where the \u2063US plans to build a humanitarian pier. The mortar attack damaged \u200dUS equipment and\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-woman-killed-in-atlanta-park-was-stabbed-50-times-fat-cut-into-skin\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Woman Killed in Atlanta Park Was Stabbed 50 Times, 'FAT' Cut into Skin\">caused injuries<\/a>. The incident was reported by i24NEWS. The Gazan terrorists attacked a Gaza coast\u2062 location designated\u2063 for \u200dthe\u200d construction of a US humanitarian\u2064 pier, resulting in damage to American equipment \u2063and injuries. The details of the incident were brought\u2064 to light by i24NEWS.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t(Ahmad Hasaballah\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Gazan terrorists on Wednesday launched mortar shells at a site off the coast of Gaza where the United States is planning to construct a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-military-ship-heads-to-middle-east-to-begin-gaza-port-construction\/\" title=\"US military ship en route to Middle East for Gaza port construction\">floating pier<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-administration-considers-releasing-money-to-taliban\/\" title=\"Report: Biden Administration Considers Releasing Money to Taliban\">deliver humanitarian aid<\/a>, according to a report from Israeli outlet <\/span><span>i24NEWS<\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The mortar attack damaged American engineering equipment and left one person injured, <\/span><span>i24NEWS <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel-at-war\/artc-exclusive-u-s-humanitarian-pier-attacked-during-construction-work-off-gaza-coast\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>  on Thursday. The United States could <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/u-s-to-begin-construction-of-gaza-pier-as-rafah-invasion-looms-df1368b6\"><span>start<\/span><\/a><span>  building the humanitarian pier as early as this weekend, with the Israel Defense Forces reportedly in charge of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/originals\/2024\/04\/us-says-israel-boosted-gaza-aid-flow-after-convoy-strike-more-needed#ixzz8YGk9SrzO\"><span>providing<\/span><\/a><span>  security during the construction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>President Joe Biden first <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-announce-gaza-aid-port-construction-state-union-speech-2024-03-07\/\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span>  the pier\u2019s construction during his State of the Union address on March 7. U.S. military personnel will assemble the floating pier, an 1,800-foot-long causeway attached to the coast of northern Gaza, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/3702071\/dod-to-construct-pier-to-deliver-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> the day after Biden\u2019s speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;As the president has said, not enough aid is getting in [to Gaza],&#8221; Ryder said, noting the pier is expected to help deliver &#8220;up to 2,000,000 meals in a day.&#8221;<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;At no time will we require U.S. forces to actually go on the ground,&#8221; Ryder added. &#8220;Our role will be essentially to provide the service of getting [the aid] to the causeway, at which point it will then be distributed.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers have expressed concern that the humanitarian pier would endanger U.S. troops deployed to manage it, with over a dozen members of the Senate Armed Services Committee last month <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2024\/03\/senate-armed-services-republicans-gaza-israel-hamas\/\">warning<\/a> Biden that the plan &#8220;appears to ignore force protection issues entirely, against an enemy that tries to kill Americans every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gazan terrorists fired mortar shells at a Gaza coast site where the US intends to build a humanitarian pier. Reported by i24NEWS, the attack caused damage to US engineering gear and injured one person. 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