{"id":2247027,"date":"2024-05-17T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-us-soldiers-protecting-gaza-pier-will-fire-back-if-fired-upon\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T16:03:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:03:28","slug":"white-house-us-soldiers-protecting-gaza-pier-will-fire-back-if-fired-upon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-us-soldiers-protecting-gaza-pier-will-fire-back-if-fired-upon\/","title":{"rendered":"White House: US troops at Gaza pier authorized to retaliate if attacked"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fwhite-house-us-soldiers-protecting-gaza-pier-will-fire-back-if-fired-upon%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=2247027&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>The Biden White House\u2062 confirmed that U.S. troops guarding a temporary pier in Gaza will\u2062 retaliate if attacked. The completed pier aims to facilitate humanitarian\u200c aid \u2062delivery. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby briefed journalists on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/could-the-u-s-military-survive-a-war-of-attrition\/\" title=\"Could the U.S. Military Survive a War of Attrition?\">operational matters<\/a> during Friday&#8217;s White House press briefing. President Joe \u2063Biden supports this initiative. The Biden administration \u2064affirms that US soldiers protecting a\u2063 temporary pier in \u200bGaza will respond to attacks.\u2064 The pier&#8217;s \u2064completion enhances the distribution of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-faces-mounting-pressure-to-act-in-ethiopian-conflict\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Faces Mounting Pressure to Act in Ethiopian Conflict\">humanitarian aid<\/a>. National Security Council representative John Kirby provided operational updates during\u200d a White House press briefing. President Joe Biden \u200clends support to this humanitarian effort.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> confirmed that U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-105k-migrants-intercepted-by-texas-national-guard-near-border-under-operation-lone-star\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: 105K Migrants Intercepted by Texas National Guard near Border Under Operation Lone Star\">service members supporting<\/a> a temporary pier constructed in <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Gaza\">Gaza<\/a> would \u201c100%\u201d fire back if attacked.<\/p>\n<p>The administration announced Friday that the pier, aimed at funneling humanitarian aid into Gaza, had finally been completed, and National Security Council spokesman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-kirby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John Kirby<\/a> briefed reporters on operational details at Friday\u2019s White House press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> has maintained that the United States would not put troops in Gaza, and Kirby stressed to reporters that a \u201csmall component of U.S. service members\u201d will take part in \u201cforce protection\u201d and assist in unloading cargo on the pier, which is not technically located in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no U.S. service members in Gaza. There is a small U.S. military component on the pier itself,\u201d he stated. \u201cThey\u2019re there really to do sort of two things. One is to provide a modicum of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miles-anonymous-taylor-accidentally-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-the-mainstream-media\/\" title=\"Miles 'Anonymous' Taylor Accidentally Exposes the Fraudulence of the Mainstream Media\">security<\/a> for it, but also to assist with the logistics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this spring, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin suggested that U.S. troops protecting the pier would fire back on attackers if fired upon first.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about Austin\u2019s comments on Friday, Kirby responded that was \u201c100%\u201d still the plan.<\/p>\n<p>According to the White House, the United Nations is facilitating the distribution of aid brought into Gaza through the U.S. temporary pier, some 300 pallets of which were distributed Friday in its first day of operation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a humanitarian effort, and contrary to what we\u2019ve been seeing out there in the information space, particularly in the region, it is designed solely only for the delivery of humanitarian assistance,\u201d Kirby told reporters. \u201cThere\u2019s no other purpose for this than humanitarian assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can watch Friday\u2019s briefing in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"fx3v9II0lRs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fx3v9II0lRs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden White House assured that US service members backing a Gaza pier would retaliate if under attack. The administration, on Friday, declared the completion of the pier designed to channel humanitarian aid into Gaza. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby shared operational specifics with reporters at the White House briefing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2247028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24127674773867.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24127674773867.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2247028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}