Biden to announce plan for US military to set up temporary Gaza aid port
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Announcement to be made at State of the Union address as Biden faces outrage over steadfast support for Israel.
United States President Joe Biden will announce a plan to create a new port in Gaza to increase deliveries of humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged enclave, senior US officials told reporters.
The officials said Biden will make the announcement on Thursday night during his State of the Union speech, an annual address delivered to members of the US Congress.
Under the plan, the US military would set up the pier off the coast of Gaza, but US troops would not be on the ground, the officials said.
They did not provide further logistics of the plan, but one official said the US has “unique capabilities” and can do things from “just offshore”.
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