Gaza-based militants launched mortar rounds on Wednesday at Israeli forces making preparations for the U.S.-led effort to establish a new maritime aid route for Gaza, according to three U.S. officials.
No American equipment was damaged as the U.S.-led project — which will establish a pier a few miles offshore as well as a causeway anchored to the beach to expand access to humanitarian aid — is not yet complete, said one of the officials.
All were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive plans.
It’s not clear whether the militants knew what they were attacking, said the first U.S. official, adding that they may have simply seen a “target of opportunity” to strike the Israel Defense Forces.
A “small number of mortars” caused “minimal damage” in Gaza in the vicinity of the “marshaling yard area for humanitarian assistance that will soon be delivered by sea,” said one of the officials, a member of the U.S. military.
The attack occurred before U.S. personnel began constructing the floating pier, the official said, noting that “there will be no U.S. forces on the ground in Gaza.”
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@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
Is it justifiable for militants to attack without knowing the full purpose of a project, especially if it's humanitarian?
@9LVTKXF2yrs2Y
defiantly because it is important to flex on our enemies
@9LVMXFV2yrs2Y
No not at all they should informed of what the purpose of them being there is so they do not kill or harm the innocent
@9LVMWQP2yrs2Y
They are protecting their country but causing a catastrophe without knowing what the project is irresopnible
@9LVMSH22yrs2Y
It depends on the type of operation being carried out, but humanitarian projects are not okay to attack.
@AbaloneHarryDemocrat2yrs2Y
Why Hamas is even taken seriously by their Own people is beyond me! Literally trying to DESTROY the ability to bring food to their people. Maybe it’s because they can’t control the distribution of this aid and so can’t steal it like we’ve seen before.
Use a dock to land troops in Gaza?
Come on bro, stick to the bagpipes.
@AbaloneHarryDemocrat2yrs2Y
Nothing the West could do would now surprise me in their defence of a rogue genocidal state. Here’s a scenario - after more Israeli crimes Iran begins light infantry action to protect its borders (allowed by UN). Israel calls in US who come to ‘defend their assets’. Plausible?
@FishLouRepublican2yrs2Y
There is no gas there; an the off-shore natural gas has never been extracted
@JerkyHannahGreen2yrs2Y
It’s not there for ‘aid’, it’s to help get Palestinians & their oil out, & boots on the ground in. If the USA wanted aid in they’d just tell the Israelis to let it in by normal routes
@PolicyDomLibertarian2yrs2Y
American forces are building a port in a foreign country in order to feed the people who are trying to kill them.
A perfect summary of United States foreign policy in 2024.
It is hard enough dealing with Hamas Terrorists at the best of times, but even more so, when they are attacking a resource to facilitate getting humanitarian aid to their own citizens and you know that both they and their mindless supporters are going to somehow attempt to turn that around to shift the blame for the attack on to those who are attempting to deliver the humanitarian aid in the first place.
@CrushedMothMountain2yrs2Y
And UN says nothing. You don’t think they are Hamas allies? Think again
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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