US Aid Agency Advised Against US Pier for Gaza Supplies: Watchdog Report

The makeshift Gaza aid pier encountered many weather and security challenges that government officials had warned about before the mission began.

Humanitarian aid reaches Gaza via the temporary Trident Pier on June 11, 2024. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mikayla Fritz

President Joe Biden pushed for a maritime route to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip over the objections of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) officials, a new government watchdog report concluded.

The Office of the Inspector General for USAID published an evaluation of the short-lived maritime aid route on Aug. 27.