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The US will establish a port on the coast of Gaza to receive large ships carrying humanitarian aid, senior administration officials said on Thursday.
President Joe Biden will announce the decision during his State of the Union address on Thursday evening, as well as the opening of a new land crossing into northern Gaza in the coming week to deliver assistance by truck.
“The president will announce that he’s directing the US military to lead an emergency mission to establish a port in the Mediterranean on the Gaza coast that can receive large ships carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelters,” a senior US official said.
The dramatic step highlights rising tensions between the US and Israel. The Biden administration has been increasingly critical of Israel’s failure to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid via land routes, which is far more efficient. The US over the weekend began airdropping food aid along the Gaza coast.
This is a developing story