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The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned about the safety of our people” after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war there.
works with the World Food Program and their humanitarian partners in Gaza to distribute food and other aid coming from the U.S.-operated pier. Completed in mid-May, the U.S. pier was operational for only about a week before being knocked offline by storm damage for two weeks. After repairs, it returned to operation again Saturday, bringing in 1.1 million pounds of food and other aid, before McCain said her agency was pausing its humanitarian work there. The U.N.
said in a statement to that it was working with other U.S. government officials and with humanitarian groups in Gaza “to ensure that aid can safely and effectively resume movement following completion of the security review that the humanitarian community is currently undertaking.” President Joe Biden in March announced in his State of the Union address that he had directed the U.S. military to set up the temporary pier. The U.S.
said in a separate statement Saturday that no humanitarian workers were involved in the Israeli operation. Speaking of the “rocketing” of the WFP warehouses, McCain said Sunday that one staffer was injured but “everybody else is fine.” “That’s why a cease-fire is necessary. That’s why we need to stop this,” so that aid from her program and other organizations can flow into Gaza “at scale.”
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