As Biden’s ‘Pier to Nowhere’ Is Being Set Up off Gaza, Expect More Attacks by Hamas

The secretary of defense insists that American boots on the floating metal island are different from boots on the ground — not that Hamas draws a distinction.

U.S. Army via AP
The floating pier off the shore of Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea, seen on April 26, 2024. U.S. Army via AP

President Biden’s floating pier is setting up off Gaza’s coast behind schedule and under fire. The secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, says what sober observers already know: The mission isn’t safe from Hamas despite Mr. Biden’s pledge that no service members will be at risk.

“I’m directing the U.S. military,” Mr. Biden said in his State of the Union address on March 7, “to lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the Mediterranean … that can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine, and temporary shelters.”

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