Spyke
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lemm.ee

But how much of it has actually been distributed?

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fukhuesonreply
lemmy.world

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.

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catloafreply
lemm.ee

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

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Wrench
lemmy.world

ITT: If it doesn't solve everything, why bother doing anything?

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fukhuesonreply
lemmy.world

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.

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fukhuesonreply
lemmy.world

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?

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fukhuesonreply
lemmy.world

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.

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fukhuesonreply
lemmy.world

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.

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Lexam
lemmy.ca

That pier is going to be there 50yrs from now.

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TropicalDingdongreply
lemmy.world

It's like those temporary class rooms they set as trailers on blocks in US schools.

It's forty years later.

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mlg
lemmy.world

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.

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