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How the Gaza humanitarian aid pier traces its origins to discarded cigar boxes before World War II

  • Written by Frank A. Blazich Jr., Curator of Military History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
How the Gaza humanitarian aid pier traces its origins to discarded cigar boxes before World War IIAn aerial view of the floating pier off Gaza shows its basic structure.U.S. Central Command via AP

Palestinians in Gaza have begun receiving humanitarian aid delivered through a newly completed floating pier off the coast of the besieged territory. Built by the U.S. military and operated in coordination with the United Nations, aid groups and other...

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