ALBAWABA - According to Israeli reports, two US Soldiers have been injured near the Gaza floating pier and have been transferred to Israeli hospitals for treatment.
The Israeli radio report said that an industrial accident caused the injuries and that the two soldiers had been hospitalized immediately, without providing further details for the time being.
Gaza Temporary Floating Pier
The pier cost the US government approximately $320 million. During a press conference, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters that "the construction of the two portions of the JLOTS (Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore) — the floating pier and the Trident pier — are complete and awaiting final movement offshore,".
Israeli soldiers will be in charge of security on the shore, but two US Navy warships, the USS Arleigh Burke and the USS Paul Ignatius, are stationed nearby in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Both ships are destroyers, outfitted with a variety of armaments and capabilities to protect American troops off shore and friends on the beach.
