First aid from US pier in Gaza has reached starving Palestinians, the UN says

Palestinians are storming trucks loaded with humanitarian aid brought in through a new US-built pier, in the central Gaza Strip, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said it has handed out a “limited number” of high-energy biscuits that arrived in Gaza via a US-built pier.

It is the first aid from the new humanitarian sea route to reach Palestinians.