Deputy commander of U.S. Central Command Navy Vice Adm. Brad Cooper said 820 metric tons of aid have been transferred to a beach transfer point on Gaza's shore since the temporary pier became
    • fukhueson@lemmy.worldOP
      253·
      5 months ago

      https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/23/politics/aid-gaza-us-pier/index.html

      Aid groups have begun distributing the humanitarian assistance offloaded at the US pier in Gaza to Palestinians, after encountering significant obstacles on distribution routes including Hamas drones and looting that delayed the deliveries.

      More than 500 metric tons of food and other humanitarian aid offloaded at the pier has now been handed off to humanitarian partners, and two-thirds of that aid has distributed to or is in the process of reaching those in need, a top US Agency for International Development (USAID) official told reporters on a call Thursday.

      The distribution comes several days after the US military’s pier operation launched and got off to a rocky start.

      Aid deliveries from the pier to warehouses inside Gaza were initially hindered by a Hamas drone attack on the IDF “several miles away” from the pier that led to a freeze on convoy movements, and some trucks were looted along one of the distribution paths earlier this week, Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, the deputy commander of United States Central Command, said in a call with reporters on Thursday.

      As a result, the US military had to help USAID come up with alternative, safer routes for trucks leaving the marshaling area on the beach near the pier and traveling to the warehouses.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        41·
        5 months ago

        500 metric tons is about 1m pounds, so the 2/3s figure should hold.

  • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
    121·
    5 months ago

    I read the article but could not find within what “1 million pounds of aid” entailed. What does that mean? What percentage of weight was food and medical supplies? Temporary housing? I can’t help but wonder why that information was not included. Does anyone know more?

    • fukhueson@lemmy.worldOP
      91·
      5 months ago

      Are percentage breakdowns frequently included in reporting on humanitarian aid delivery? I haven’t seen this to be the norm, and wasn’t wondering why it wasn’t included.

      • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
        28·
        5 months ago

        Your’e asking the wrong fella, fella. But yaknow i was questioning the report, not the quality of your post, OP. I liked it and wanted to know more information. Discussing the material of your post is part of a discussion forum, right? Your own lack of curiosity isn’t really the point once you post it. Or do you have a completely different idear of what this place is supposed to be?

        • fukhueson@lemmy.worldOP
          122·
          5 months ago

          No need to get worked up here. I was asking a question too, in case you had been reading articles that I haven’t. I get you’re simply curious and didn’t know if that kind of figure is typically included in this kind of reporting. I’m responding by asking if you’d seen different and stating that from what I’ve seen that percentage breakdowns are not frequently included, which is not surprising to me.

          That ok with you?

          • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
            28·
            5 months ago

            That ok with you?

            No, it’s not. because it’s the worst kinda lame having to talk to someone so effin’ passive aggressive. I do enjoy throwing that shit back in people’s faces sometimes. But now I’m going to relax, smoke a cigarette, literally touch some grass. Take it easy.

            • fukhueson@lemmy.worldOP
              121·
              5 months ago

              Ok buddy, I’ll take a page from your book and be more clear about my aggression next time. To be clear, I wasn’t being passive aggressive with you.

              Enjoy your grass.

              • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
                151·
                5 months ago

                You know what? That cigarette was great. I reread your first reply 11 more times and with nicotine’s awful clarity i realized i read your comment in a mocking defensive tone, when you didn’t actually mean it that way.

                I am sorry

                • fukhueson@lemmy.worldOP
                  121·
                  5 months ago

                  I appreciate the apology. I’m as well sometimes guilty of presuming tone where there isn’t.

                  Additionally, I can understand that sometimes the things I throw can be caught harshly, and don’t mean it as sharply as it could be taken.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    5 months ago

    For comparison, a single arms shipment of bombs to Israel is usually about 3 million pounds of munitions.

    Something like 1000 2000lb bombs and 1500 500lbs bombs.

    Of which Israel has received I think like 2 shipments per month with various combinations of bomb sizes.