The waves “revolt” on the coast of Gaza and wash away part of America’s floating dock, in the latest blow to efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to the devastated and besieged Strip.

On Tuesday, two American officials said that part of the naval pier built by the US army off the Gaza Strip separated, temporarily putting the pier out of service.

The two officials, preferring not to publish their names, added to Reuters that it is believed that bad weather is the reason for the separation of this part.

The two officials did not disclose the size of the separated section or how long the pier would need to resume its operations.

In previous statements, a spokesman for the World Food Program said that the United States had transported 137 aid trucks from the pier since the start of its operations, equivalent to 900 metric tons.

Recently, Washington completed the construction of this dock, which aims to compensate for the restrictions imposed by Israel on the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip by land, after more than seven months of war between Israel and Hamas.

Last March, US President Joe Biden announced the establishment of this port at a cost of no less than $320 million, as part of international efforts to circumvent the restrictions that international organizations say Israel imposes on bringing aid overland into the Strip.

Aid ships are inspected in Cyprus before they set off, and the aid is then loaded onto trucks shortly after it reaches the port.