At least 81 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to health officials.
At least eight UN-run schools sheltering people in Gaza have been hit in the past 10 days, and 70 percent of UNRWA facilities have been bombed in nine months of war, resulting in the deaths of 539 people sheltering there.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant made the announcement after a meeting with US Central Command Gen. Erik Kurilla. Gallant also announced plans for a field hospital in Israel for treating Palestinian children unable to leave Gaza for medical care abroad.
Israel announced plans to replace a US-built pier for delivering aid to Gaza with a dedicated facility at Ashdod port.
The US temporary pier, which has faced ongoing weather and security problems since its installation, will be replaced by Pier 28 at Ashdod port. Aid coming through the new pier will still need to go through Israeli land crossings.
Three US service members were injured during the mission, one in critical condition and transferred back to the US for treatment.
Unrelenting bombardment by Israel continued in the region.
In the past 24 hours, at least 81 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, according to health officials. Unrelenting bombardment by Israel continued in the region. At least eight UN-run schools sheltering people in the Strip have been hit in the past 10 days, and 70 percent of UNRWA facilities have been bombed in nine months of war, resulting in the deaths of 539 people sheltering there. Meanwhile, Israel announced plans to replace a US-built pier for delivering aid to Gaza with a dedicated facility at Ashdod port. The US pier, which opened in May and faced criticism due to frequent closures caused by bad weather, will soon be shut down.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant made the announcement after a meeting with US Central Command Gen. Erik Kurilla. Gallant also announced plans for a field hospital in Israel for treating Palestinian children unable to leave Gaza for medical care abroad.
The US temporary pier, which has faced ongoing weather and security problems since its installation, will be replaced by Pier 28 at Ashdod port. Aid coming through the new pier will still need to go through Israeli land crossings.
Vice Adm. Brad Cooper of Central Command announced the completion of the maritime surge mission involving the US pier on Wednesday, marking its end after roughly 20 days of operational use.
Three US service members were injured during the mission, one in critical condition and transferred back to the US for treatment.
The Pentagon ended its sea-based humanitarian mission off Gaza on Wednesday.
"Vice Adm. Brad Cooper announced the completion of the maritime surge mission involving the pier."
"Approximately 20 million tons of aid arrived in Gaza via the pier."
'Pier 28' will help deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, but aid will still need to go through Israeli land crossings.
The American temporary pier has faced weather and security problems since its installation in May and is being shut down by the US.
Accuracy
Approximately 20 million tons of aid arrived in Gaza via the pier.
At least 81 Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza during the latest 24-hour period, according to health officials.
The floating pier delivered the largest volume of human assistance ever to the Middle East, according to Cooper.
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The article contains a few informal fallacies and appeals to authority. It does not contain any formal logical fallacies.
. . . the floating pier, which was sidelined repeatedly, or quell concerns among U.S. officials and aid groups who have urged Israel to loosen its chokehold on what may enter Gaza by land.
President Biden announced the mission in March, after Israel rebuffed his and other leaders’ demands that more land routes be opened for aid deliveries.
Citing an estimate provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which helps coordinate the humanitarian groups working in Gaza, officials said Wednesday that, in all, the volume of aid brought in over the pier was enough to feed a half-million Gazans for a month.
Israel will replace the United States military’s offshore pier for delivering aid to the Gaza Strip with a dedicated facility in Ashdod port.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced this after a meeting with US Gen. Erik Kurilla, head of Central Command.
Gallant announced a field hospital in Israel for treating Palestinian children unable to leave Gaza for medical care abroad.
Accuracy
The American temporary pier has faced weather and security problems since its installation in May and is being shut down by the US.
, The floating pier delivered the largest volume of human assistance ever to the Middle East, according to Cooper.
, No timeline was provided for either project.
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The article contains a few instances of appeals to authority and inflammatory rhetoric but no formal or informal fallacies. The author reports on the decision by Israel to replace the US military's offshore pier for delivering aid to Gaza with a dedicated facility in Ashdod port, without adding any additional commentary on this decision. There are also mentions of ongoing issues in Gaza such as wastewater pumping stations stopping due to lack of fuel and the risk of disease spreading, but these are reported without making any false claims or fallacious reasoning.
] Israel will soon replace the United States military's offshore pier for delivering aid to the Gaza Strip with a dedicated facility in a southern Israeli port, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Tuesday, days after the Biden administration announced that the floating platform would soon be shut down.
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The United Nations has long said maritime deliveries were no substitute for land access.
Three US service members were injured during the mission, one in critical condition and transferred back to US for treatment.
Accuracy
Approximately 19.4 million pounds of aid were delivered to Gaza through the temporary pier (Article)
About a million pounds of aid have been moved from Ashdod since its proof of concept (Other Article)
The floating pier delivered the largest volume of human assistance ever to the Middle East, according to Cooper (Other Article)
Approximately 20 million tons of aid arrived in Gaza via the pier (Other Article)
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The authors make several appeals to authority when quoting Vice Adm. Brad Cooper and President Joe Biden. They also use inflammatory rhetoric by describing the pier mission as 'troubled' and 'plagued with challenges'. However, they do not provide any formal or informal fallacies or dichotomous depictions in their article.
][Vice Adm. Brad Cooper]: “Our assessment is that the temporary pier has achieved its intended effect to surge a very high volume of aid into Gaza and ensure that aid reaches the civilians in Gaza in a quick manner.”
][President Joe Biden]: “A temporary pier would enable a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance getting into Gaza every day.”
