On 9 March, a military ship set off from the US for Gaza, a strip of land that borders Israel. The ship is carrying equipment to build a pier (a platform extending from the land into the sea) off Gaza’s coast, to deliver essential aid to people in Gaza.
What is the US hoping to achieve?
The US hopes that once the pier has been built, it will enable two million meals a day to be given out to people in Gaza. The United Nations (UN), a group made up of most of the world’s countries, has warned that at least 576,000 people in Gaza are “one step away from famine”. Famine is a widespread shortage of food that can lead to starvation.
After more than five months of war…
