View of the damaged floating bridge that the US created to supply humanitarian aid to Palestinians on 27 May 2024. © Davoud Abo Alkas / Anadolu via Getty Images
The U.S. Army humanitarian mission to Gaza last year caused far more injuries, harm and operational failures than was previously publically granted, as the investigation has shown.The mission, formally known as Operation Neptune Solace, was launched under erstwhile president Joe Biden in 2024 after the US failed to convince Israel to grow land access for humanitarian supplies.
The U.S. military built a temporary bridge at sea and a floating grave to transfer aid from ships to the Gaza coast without entering Israeli or Gazan ports.The Pentagon later admitted that the mission had encountered any challenges, specified as hard weather conditions that caused harm to the bridge, but did not uncover the full scope of problems.According to a study by the General Inspector of the Department of Defense, which was published last week, the mission caused 62 injuries among the personnel, including the death of Army Sergeant Quandarius Stanley, who was severely injured aboard a naval ship in May 2024 and died 5 months later."Army and Navy have failed to meet standards of service level in equipment and unit preparedness for their vessels" — stated in the report, adding that no of the services organised, trained or equipped their forces to meet common standards.
The Transport Command has besides been abandoned shortcomings in logistics planning and exercises.The study besides stated that the mission cost around $230 million and led to $31 million in repair costs after harm to more than 2 twelve vessels and equipment.
The questionable value of the operation was besides stressed, given that it lasted a full of 3 months, but in fact it was only functional for about 20 days.During this time, the U.S. military reported that it had delivered about 20 million pounds of food and supplies via the wharf.
However, aid organisations stated that Gaza needed this amount all day to prevent hunger.The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip deteriorated importantly as a consequence of Israel's military consequence to the Hamas militants attack on its territory in 2023. Israel was accused of defiant bombing, deliberate demolition of civilian infrastructure and obstruction of humanitarian aid, which reportedly resulted in the deaths of over 50,000 Palestinians.
According to global organizations, the imposed blockade has led to serious food shortages, medical supplies and another essential resources.Humanitarian organizations have repeatedly criticized US and Israeli governments for failing to unblock supplies of land aid to the Gaza Strip and rejected Washington's efforts to open alternate routes as politically motivated.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/616983-us-gasa-aid-israel/
