[CDR Salamander] A lot of people spent the weekend scratching their heads over this;
The U.S. military will build a temporary port on Gaza's Mediterranean coast to receive humanitarian aid by sea, President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union speech on Thursday.
Planning for the operation, initially based on the island of Cyprus, does not envision deployment of U.S. military personnel in Gaza.
Biden's announcement came as he seeks to cool anger among many in his Democratic Party over his support for Israel in its offensive in Gaza since Oct. 7, given the steep toll on civilians in the Palestinian enclave.
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| Israel has destroyed Hamas building projects before. And unpermitted EU building projects in the West Bank. |
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