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state.gov | Secretary Blinken's Travel to Saudi Arabia, 27 Apr stalker alert

Secretary Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia April 29-30 to meet with regional partners. The Secretary will discuss ongoing efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza that secures the release of hostages and how it is Hamas that is standing between the Palestinian people and a ceasefire.
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The Secretary will participate in a Ministerial meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council [GCC] to advance coordination on regional security. At the World Economic Forum's [WEF] special meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth, and Energy for Development, the Secretary will coordinate with our partners to ensure continued progress on climate change mitigation and the global energy transition.

archive 26 Apr Egypt replaces Qatar in Qatar to Halt Role Mediator in Gaza War

thehill | Blinken to travel to Saudi Arabia to discuss cease-fire efforts, 27 Apr

...Apart from discussions about a cease-fire in Gaza, Blinken will talk about the increased delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza and the "importance" of it being "sustained."...

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defense.gov | U.S. Begins Construction on Temporary Pier to Deliver Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, 25 Apr

Construction of the pier is expected to be completed in early May. Once completed, it will initially facilitate the delivery of an estimated 90 truckloads of international aid into Gaza and scale to up to 150 truckloads once fully operational. The beginning of construction marks a significant milestone following President Joe Biden's call for the military to conduct the emergency operation during his State of the Union Address last month.
Soldiers from the Army's 7th Transportation Brigade at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, and sailors from Naval Beach Group 1 at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California, were tapped to deploy the Defense Department's Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capability, or JLOTS.
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by Cat on Sun Apr 28th, 2024 at 01:04:30 PM EST
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dw | JLOTS Watch, 4 May

Emergency aid pier is almost ready
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Floating several miles off the coast of Gaza, it will be guarded by around 1,000 armed [?!] US soldiers. They are just one component of a complex logistics chain that will cost at least $320 million (€297 million). The pier will be just the first landing point for the aid freighters coming through this new sea route ["maritime corridor"] from Cyprus around 200 nautical miles away.
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by Cat on Sat May 4th, 2024 at 07:48:28 PM EST
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thehill | US [nearly] completes building humanitarian pier off Gaza coast (07.05.24)
"As of today, the U.S. military has completed the off-shore construction of the Trident pier section, or the causeway, which is the component that will eventually be anchored to the Gaza shore," deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters.
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"Today there are still forecasted high winds and high sea swells, which are causing unsafe conditions for the JLOTS components to be moved, so the pier sections and military vessels involved in its construction are still positioned at the Port of Ashdod" in Israel, she said.
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Despite the pier not being in position, Singh said that the U.S. is loading aid onto the ship MV Sagamore, currently in Cyprus but meant to be the first vessel to transport the assistance from there to the pier.

defense.gov | DOD Continues Work on Temporary Pier for Gaza, 6 May illustrated

...Delivering the capability involves the complex choreography of logistics support and landing crafts that carry the equipment used to construct the approximately 1,800-foot causeway comprising modular sections linked together, which is known as a Trident pier....

by Cat on Tue May 7th, 2024 at 09:26:04 PM EST
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defense.gov | DOD Uses Unfavorable Sea Conditions to Gain Efficiencies on Gaza Aid Mission, 9 May

...In the meantime, the MV Sagamore—a commercial cargo ship—has been loaded with humanitarian aid in Cyprus and has made its way to Ashdod. Instead of waiting for the piers to be deployed, humanitarian aid on the Sagamore will be moved to the Benavidez so that the Sagamore can go back to Cyprus to get more aid supplies...

by Cat on Sat May 11th, 2024 at 01:21:30 AM EST
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