US President Joe Biden ignored concerns and opposition by officials in his government to the plan to erect a floating pier to deliver humanitarian aid to the population of the Gaza Strip, an official US government report found.
The report, published this week by the Inspector General of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), sought to evaluate the efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza through the maritime corridor (known professionally as JLOTS), which cost an estimated $230 million and only operated for 20 days.
The report stated that "external factors" impaired USAID’s efforts to distribute humanitarian assistance to Gaza through JLOTS.
Among those external factors, were the security requirements imposed by the US Department of Defense to protect US military personnel working on the pier to which USAID and WFP had to adjust their plans.... Read More: Arutz-7