Gaza - Israel Conflict ~ Naval Aspects

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Navy Lookout
RFA Cardigan Bay delivering US troops working on the pier off Gaza (via landing craft from her well deck).
First UK aid packages have been shipped via the pier from Cyprus.

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UK Parliament debates military support for Israel

The adequacy of the UK’s military support for Israel was a key topic of debate in the House of Commons today.

Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, questioned the Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Leo Docherty, on the current state of UK-Israel defence relations.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-parl ... or-israel/

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Footage showing the Test Firing of a Counter-Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) System which has been Installed by the U.S. Army near the Shore Side of the Temporary-Floating Pier in Central Gaza.
Video https://x.com/i/status/1793334640150728864

The U.S. Department of Defense’s ongoing Operation off the Coast of the Gaza Strip is already reported to be facing Major Obstacles and Setbacks; with Pentagon Press Secretary, Major General Patrick Ryder stating today that None of 569 Metric Tons of Humanitarian Aid that has so far been Transferred from the U.S. Army’s Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore (JLOTS) Floating Dock to the Shore having yet been Distributed to the Palestinian Population. Most of the Aid is currently sitting at U.S-Operated Staging Sites on the Shore while only about 10 Truckloads have been Delivered to U.N. Warehouses for eventual Distribution. On Saturday a Convoy of 16 Trucks was Attacked and Looted while enroute to a Warehouse, leaving only 5 Trucks with a Majority of their Shipment still Intact.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... -pentagon/
And attached photo of truck on pier.

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A Modular Warping Tug with the U.S. Army’s 7th Transportation Brigade, which is utilized in the Offload of Humanitarian Aid onto the Floating-Dock off the Coast of the Gaza Strip, was forced to conduct an “Emergency Disconnect” from a Tugboat that was Towing it this morning, causing it to be Beached near the City of Ashdod in Southern Israel. A Small Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) was sent to try and Remove the Tug from the Beach, with the Landing Craft getting too close to the Shore resulting in it also being Grounded, a Group of IDF and U.S. Soldiers as well as Crowd of Civilians have gathered on the Beach to try to figure out how to get both Crafts back in the Water.
Video https://x.com/i/status/1794390526935884177
Photos https://x.com/sentdefender/status/17943 ... 77/photo/2

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Waves sweep away US-built floating pier in Gaza
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/wa ... za/3230156

The TRUTH About Gaza’s Humanitarian Aid Effort & Floating ...
https://www.google.com/search?q=latest+ ... ASyGQ,st:0

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U.S. Central Command

U.S. Central Command personnel continue to team up with USAID and the UN to deliver aid to the people of Gaza via a temporary pier affixed to the beach.

Aid delivered by CENTCOM personnel from the sea to the beach transfer point:

• 1005 metric tons (2,214,543 pounds) total as of May 24
• 184 metric tons on May 23 and 24

Aid distributed from the beach transfer point to the U.N. warehouse:

• 903 metric tons total as of May 24
• 397 metric tons on May 23 and 24

4 Photos https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/1794459181035995510

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Seth Frantzman
Photos I took today of US army LCM (landing craft) 8558 that was involved in the floating pier project off Gaza...part of the pier drifted off due to heavy seas and became grounded on a beach near Ashdod, Israel, so the landing craft came to pull it off and also got grounded; so the USAV Matamoros came to help pull them both off.
2 More photos https://x.com/sfrantzman/status/1794481132701987187
Video https://x.com/i/status/1794393520482238609

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[Following timed as 0700 today]
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The Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) “LCM8558” and Modular Warping Tug (MWT) “20” with the U.S. Army’s 7th Transportation Brigade, which were Beached on Saturday near the City of Ashdod in Southern Israel after a Severe Storm, have now been Removed from the Shore by the Runnymede-Class Large Landing Craft, USAV Matamoros (LCU2026) with assistance from Israeli Authorities.
Video https://x.com/i/status/1794966032559325692

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U.S. Defense Officials revealed today that after a Severe Storm this Weekend off the Coast of the Gaza Strip; a Large Section of the U.S. Army’s Temporary-Floating Pier has “Broken Away” and Drifted down the Coast, with other Sections of the Pier having Partially Sunk in Shallow Waters. The Pier, which was Estimated to Cost over $320 Million, is now Inoperable with all further Humanitarian Aid Shipments from Cyprus being Halted until it can be Repaired.
Short video https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1795529157608112275

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Footage from earlier tonight showing the Interception of a One-Way “Suicide” Drone, launched by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, by the Israeli Aerial Defense Array to the East of Eilat.
Video https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1795272863911678228
“Hostile Drone Intrusion” Alert for the City of Eilat in Southern Israel.
See attached.