The pier will be removed from its location on the Gaza coast over the next 48 hours and taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod, ...

Last week, while the pier was still operational, Pentagon spokesman Major General Patrick Ryder said that it had enabled 569 metric tons of humanitarian assistance to get to the beaches of Gaza.

(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) JERUSALEM (AP) — The first aid ship bound for an American-built floating pier to be installed in Gaza departed early Thursday. But it’s unclear when the corridor ...