The United States sent four military ships to build a humanitarian aid port on the coast of the Gaza Strip

Today, Tuesday, four American military ships with about 100 soldiers on board left for the coast of the Gaza Strip. Loading materials to build a temporary port to distribute more humanitarian aid.

This initiative comes within the framework of American efforts aimed at increasing aid provided to civilians in the besieged Palestinian territories, as aid arriving by truck has been reduced amid intensified Israeli military operations, and there is currently a serious shortage of food, water and medicine.

The mission's flagship — a massive gray logistics support ship — departed the military base in Virginia playing the Imperial March from the sci-fi film Star Wars over its speakers.

Three other smaller ships followed, They will also make a trip of about 30 days to the eastern Mediterranean.

The new facilities include a platform at sea to transfer quantities of humanitarian aid from large ships to small vessels, and a dock for unloading aid on land.

The project is expected to begin operating “within 60 days.”Brigadier General Brad Henson told reporters.

He added: “Once the mission begins operating at full capacity, we will be able to bring up to two million food rations per day to shore.”

The American authorities confirmed this The mission does not include the deployment of “boots on the ground.”Although the army will approach the coastal area while building the pier which should be anchored to the beach.

Henson did not reveal the security aspects or assistance they will receive for this installation.

The current conflict erupted more than five months ago with the attack launched by terrorists from the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas on Israeli territory. About 1,160 people were killed, most of them civiliansAccording to the agency's statistics France Press agency Based on Israeli data.

In response, Israel launched a retaliatory military campaign that has so far left 31,112 people dead in Gaza alone, according to data from the Hamas movement that rules the Palestinian enclave.

In an attempt to alleviate the humanitarian crisis The first ship was chartered by the Spanish NGO Open Arms and loaded with 200 tons of food On Tuesday, it sailed from Cyprus to Gaza via the sea corridor announced by the European Union.

The United States and other countries also launched packages containing water and food from planes.

North American Department of Defense spokesman bat Ryder, He explained that, on Tuesday, the American forces, in cooperation with the Royal Jordanian Air Force, distributed about 5,280 pounds (about 2,400 kilograms) of food, including flour, rice, pasta, and canned food.

But sending aid by sea or air cannot replace land supplies, the United Nations and various NGOs insist.

The Foreign Ministry on Monday highlighted that although Benjamin Netanyahu's government had taken steps to allow humanitarian aid in, it had not done enough, and Therefore, he urged him to make more efforts.

United Nations estimates indicate that a quarter of the population of the Gaza Strip is at risk of famine due to the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Israeli attack.

(With information from AFP and EFE)