{"id":2252842,"date":"2024-05-25T15:45:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T19:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-military-boats-encounter-rough-seas-during-aid-mission-to-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T15:49:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T19:49:28","slug":"us-military-boats-encounter-rough-seas-during-aid-mission-to-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-military-boats-encounter-rough-seas-during-aid-mission-to-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"US military vessels face challenges in Gaza aid mission due to rough seas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fus-military-boats-encounter-rough-seas-during-aid-mission-to-gaza%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=2252842&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>Four U.S. Army \u200dvessels supporting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-unsure-if-two-remaining-us-women-will-be-freed-from-hamas-on-monday\/\" title=\"Biden administration uncertain about release of two US women from Hamas on Monday\">humanitarian \u2063mission<\/a> in Gaza faced rough\u200b seas. They broke\u200b free from the pier\u200b but caused no injuries. Two\u2063 ships are \u2062anchored on the \u200bbeach, while the \u2064others are beached \u200bnear Ashkelon, Israel. Rescue efforts are underway. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time\/\" title=\"Biden advocates for federal government to cover full Baltimore Bridge reconstruction expenses, acknowledges it will be a lengthy process\">summary effectively captures<\/a> the key points from the provided text \u200cabout the U.S. Army vessels in Gaza. It highlights the challenges \u2062faced, the \u200ccurrent locations \u2064of the ships, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-search-and-rescue-efforts-paused-due-to-concerns-over-possible-second-collapse\/\" title=\"Officials: Search and rescue efforts paused due to concerns over possible second collapse\">ongoing rescue efforts<\/a>.  <\/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>Four U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/army\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Army<\/a> vessels supporting the maritime humanitarian aid mission in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a> have been affected by \u201cheavy sea states\u201d near the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>battered region<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All four ships broke free from the pier where they were tied up, but the pier remains fully functional with no injuries reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vessels broke free from their moorings and two vessels are now anchored on the beach near the pier,\u201d a statement from U.S. Central Command said. \u201cThe third and fourth vessels are beached on the coast of Israel near Ashkelon. Efforts to recover the vessels are under way with assistance from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israeli<\/a> Navy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>A washed up US Army vessel and a strip of docking area stranded off the coast near Ashdod, Israel, Saturday, May 25, 2024. A small US military boat and what appeared to be a strip of docking area washed up on a beach near the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. (AP Photo\/Tsafrir Abayov)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The incident occurred in the morning European Eastern Standard Time, which is seven hours ahead of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IDF is supporting the recovery efforts near the pier,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cNo U.S. personnel will enter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a>. No injuries have been reported and the pier remains fully functional. We will release additional details as they become available.\u201d<\/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>The Army has not been directly involved in the Israel-Hamas conflict, though America does ship weapons and armaments for the Israel Defense Forces to use. The pier referred to is a floating pier that the United States installed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-code-pink-occupies-senate-democrat-offices-demanding-gaza-ceasefire\/\" title=\"Code Pink occupies Senate Democrat offices, demanding Gaza ceasefire in Israel war.\">facilitate humanitarian aid delivery<\/a>. Three service members were <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/23\/world-news\/us-service-member-critically-injured-2-other-troops-hurt-at-gaza-aid-pier-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>recently<\/a> injured while working on the pier, one critically.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/23\/us\/politics\/pentagon-gaza-pier-aid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>acknowledged<\/a> recently that \u201clittle relief has reached Palestinians in the besieged strip,\u201d despite the expensive effort. Many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hungary-takes-lead-as-europe-prepares-to-begin-covid-19-vaccinations\/\" title=\"Hungary takes lead as Europe prepares to begin COVID-19 vaccinations\">aid trucks<\/a> have been looted.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four U.S. Army vessels aiding Gaza endured rough seas. Despite breaking free from the pier, both vessels and pier are intact. No injuries reported as they continue the humanitarian mission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2252843,"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\/AP24146476720256.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2252842","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\/AP24146476720256.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252842","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2252842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2252843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}