US President Joe Biden announced the deployment of a port in Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid to the enclave. “Tonight, I am ordering U.S. armed forces to conduct an emergency mission to establish a temporary port on the coast of Gaza that can accommodate large ships carrying food, water, medicine and temporary shelter.”, he declared, Thursday, March 7, in his speech to Congress on the State of the Union. The completion of this work will not require “no ground deployment of American troops”, he assured. Follow our live stream.
New call from the United States for “an immediate ceasefire of at least six weeks”. This is what Joe Biden defended during his speech on Thursday evening. He also called on the Israeli government to “let more humanitarian aid into Gaza”emphasizing that humanitarian aid “cannot be a secondary consideration nor a bargaining chip”.
To help Gaza, air and sea cannot replace land. The delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza by airdrops or by sea cannot “not substitute” by land, insisted the UN coordinator responsible for aid to this Palestinian territory. Referring to recent airdrops carried out by the United States and other countries, she welcomed a “symbol of support for civilians in Gaza, proof of our shared humanity”. “But it’s a drop in the ocean”however, she lamented.
The negotiations are not “broken”. “There is no agreement yet. Everyone is looking towards Ramadan, which is approaching. I cannot tell you that [les négociations] will be crowned with success, but we cannot yet say that they are broken”declared Jack Lew, American ambassador to Israel, on Thursday during a conference in Tel Aviv.