Maritime corridor for aid to Gaza will take two months to build and 1,000 U.S. forces, Pentagon says

About 1,000 U.S. forces will be needed to build a temporary maritime corridor to get aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said on Friday. No U.S. forces will be on the ground in Gaza, but the U.S. military will help build out a pier and causeway to transport aid. 

"This is part of a full court press by the United States," Ryder said during a news briefing. "The president has said not enough aid is getting in and so this is a capability that we have, and it's a capability that we are going to execute."  

The corridor's construction will take about 60 days, but once in place, it should be capable of providing about two million meals a day, Ryder said.