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Vessels supporting US-built Gaza aid pier wash away in heavy seas

CENTCOM said that four vessels had broken free from their moorings, but that pier was still functional


-- ALJAZEERA & Graham Allen

Waves have swept away vessels supporting the United States-built pier installed to transfer aid to Gaza, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said.

In a statement on Saturday, CENTCOM noted that during the transportation of humanitarian aid, the US floating dock was disconnected from the small boat tugging it and the vessels broke free from their moorings with two of them now anchored on the beach near the pier. ---More...

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