Thread by @SamParkerSenate

🧵1/ US TO BUILD PORT TO DELIVER AID TO GAZA

🔻"We are not waiting on the Israelis"

🔻The port will be built by US military engineers operating from ships off the Gaza coast.

🇺🇸 Basically, American taxpayers are once again picking up the tab for Israel's mess.

🧵2/ There are 7 crossings into Gaza by land. Why must Americans expend financial & military resources for a sea port when the infrastructure on land already exists?

🧵3/ According to officials this new port of entry will take several weeks to plan and execute.

Meanwhile, over 500k Gazans are facing Phase 5 Catastrophic levels of hunger & are in imminent danger of starvation.

7 entry points already exist!

🧵4/ Israel is opening a 3rd crossing. No word on which.

"Israel (has) also agreed to open a third road crossing into Gaza, giving more direct access to northern Gaza."

Will Israeli actually allow a meaningfull amount of aid through? Or is this a token gesture?

🧵5/ Many questions remain:

🇮🇱 Will Israel just occupy the port & use it for its own ends after it takes over all of Gaza?

🇵🇸 Is this meant to stabilize Gaza as a precursor to rebuilding it, or is it just to keep Gazans alive before the final push to expel them into Egypt?

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