Pentagon Announces End to Gaza Pier Aid Delivery Mission

The deputy commander of U.S. Central Command said the pier was only ever meant to be a temporary measure until its mission was completed.

Humanitarian aid reaches Gaza via the temporary Trident Pier on June 11, 2024. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mikayla Fritz

A makeshift pier built by the U.S. military to help facilitate the flow of aid into Gaza is to be dismantled, the Pentagon has announced.

Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, deputy commander of the U.S. Central Command, said on July 17 that the temporary 1,200-foot floating dock, known as the Trident Pier, that was anchored into the sand at Gaza will now be removed.