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Israeli military used US ‘aid pier’ as part of Nuseirat massacre op.: Report

Sunday, 09 June 2024 2:36 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 09 June 2024 2:36 AM ]

The US military released photos in May showing the pier being built off Gaza's coastline. (Via Reuters)

The Israeli military used a US-built pier, which has been purportedly installed to transfer aid to the Gaza Strip, to facilitate an earlier massacre against a refugee camp located in the central part of the coastal sliver, a report says.

Israeli forces carried out the massacre against the Nuseirat refugee camp on Saturday, killing hundreds of Palestinians before they retrieved four Israeli captives.

According to The Cradle online news magazine, “They (the troops) were then flown out of Gaza via the US-built pier, which had been reinstalled on the coast on Friday after undergoing tens of millions in repairs.”

At least 210 Palestinians were killed and more than 400 others injured when the Israeli military carried out dozens of airstrikes against the besieged territory as means of enabling the captives’ retrieval.

Press TV's exclusive footage shows the aftermath of Israeli massacre in Nusseirat refugee camp, which led to the murder of at least 210 Palestinians pic.twitter.com/nAk5SZ7eOM
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The regime’s forces directly targeted civilians, including children, during “a barbaric and brutal aggression” against the Nuseirat camp, Gaza government media office said.

The operation came during a genocidal war that the regime has been waging against Gaza since last October.

At least 36,801 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed and 83,680 others wounded in the war that was launched following a retaliatory operation by the Palestinian territory’s resistance movements.

The brutal military onslaught enjoys unreserved military and political support on the part of the Israeli regime’s Western allies, including the United States.

Prior to the operation that targeted Nuseirat, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas had repeatedly warned that the floating pier was built to deliver weapons to the Israeli regime.