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US Military Ships Are Working to Build a Pier for Gaza Aid. It's Going to Cost at Least $320 Million

USNS Roy P. Benavidez, center, in the Mediterranean Sea off shore from the Gaza Strip

JERUSALEM — A U.S. Navy ship and several Army vessels involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip are offshore of the enclave and building out a floating platform for the operation that the Pentagon has said will cost at least $320 million. Sabrina Singh, Pentagon spokeswoman, told reporters […]

Soldiers Said Goodbye to Loved Ones as Army Ships Set Sail to Gaza to Build Pier for Aid Delivery

Families of soldiers gather around the pier at Fort Eustis, Virginia

FORT EUSTIS, Virginia — On a small, tucked away pier just off the James River, the sounds of Lee Greenwood and Toby Keith blared over the water as soldiers hugged their kids and spouses and the gantry of a large Army landing ship slowly began to close behind them. The soldiers were all part of […]