So the humanitarian pier built to deliver aid to Gaza, that was destroyed by waves, was rebuilt about a week ago. Well, it looks like it will have to be taken down again. I guess there's no quick fix for "we designed this pier without considering that it might have to deal with waves".
Anyways, check out this in the replies. On June 8, CENTCOM announced the pier had been rebuilt and was ready to start delivering aid again. In the photo for that announcement is a truck with aid loaded on the flatbed. That truck, with those exact same loads of aid, was on the pier when the Israeli helicopter that evacuated the hostages took off.
IOW, the "hostage rescue mission" appears to have been the very first thing the humanitarian pier was used for. A rescue mission so horrific in its blatant violation of international law that the US is distancing itself from it. 274 dead Palestinians and something like 700 more wounded. The IDF disguising themselves as civilians, possibly as humanitarian aid delivery, in order to gain access and be better positioned when they started shooting. And it looks like the US was not only fully on board with these war crimes, but also participated in them by providing a staging area, evacuation point, and additional credibility for the "humanitarian aid truck" full of IDF special forces gunmen.
I guess the good news is that waves will prevent the IDF from using the aid pier for more genocidal missions and they might have to go back to indiscriminate air strikes.
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