At least three United States soldiers were injured during a non-combat mission on the Gaza pier. One of the soldiers was evacuated to a hospital in Israel with serious injuries. The soldiers were working on bringing humanitarian aid to Palestine. This took place on the pier located off the coast of Gaza and that's where the soldiers sustained the injuries, according to a report on Yahoo News:
Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, deputy commander of U.S. Central Command, informed reporters Thursday that the three service members sustained noncombat-related incidents at sea. “Three injuries, two were very minor injuries and those individuals returned to duty. One individual is undergoing care at a local Israeli hospital,” Cooper said during a Thursday press call, adding that the two with minor injuries suffered a sprained ankle and a back injury and both had returned to duty.
The third individual was injured on a ship at sea and medically evacuated, Cooper noted. Defense officials later told USNI News that the most critically hurt soldier had been working on the staging platform off the coast of Gaza at the time of the injury. Reuters reported the individual was in critical condition.
Now let's add insult to the injuries. The floating Gaza pier collapsed. This pier reportedly costs $320 million. It floated to the shore, as seen in the video. Or, at least that's part of it. If there's anything we know, it's that this government under Joe Biden can't get anything right. A report on Almayadeen spoke about the collapse of the floating Gaza pier:
In further detail, Israeli Channel 12 reported that strong waves swept away a section of the American floating pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip, heading towards the shores of Ashdod. The Israeli navy reportedly retrieved and reattached the section, as per the report. The US floating pier in the Mediterranean Sea has faced significant challenges since its creation on May 15, questioning its efficiency in alleviating the humanitarian crisis in the besieged Palestinian enclave. It is worth noting that the Pentagon allocated $320 million and deployed 1,000 soldiers and sailors to establish the pier. The mission reportedly involved fourteen ships from the US and other countries. At the same time, the US sent billions of dollars of weapons to "Israel" amid its genocide in Gaza.
