Pentagon Acknowledges ‘Risk’ That Hamas Could Fire on Floating Pier Biden Wants for Gaza Aid 

Operation to build the platform is already under way as USS Besson sets sail for the Mediterranean with first equipment for the temporary causeway.

U.S. Central Command via AP
The General Frank S. Besson prepares to depart Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, March 9, 2024, en route to the eastern Mediterranean. U.S. Central Command via AP

If you build it they will come — but they might also try to rain hellfire upon it. That is one of the takeaways from a Pentagon press conference late last week during which the Biden administration’s plan to build a temporary floating pier off the coast of Gaza to facilitate the delivery of food aid to the Strip figured prominently.

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