Aid Effort Stalls, Meeting Only a Fraction of Its Target*
President Biden’s $230 million temporary pier project in Gaza, intended to speed up humanitarian aid, has fallen short of expectations.
The Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore system (JLOTS) ran into weather and security issues, operating for just 20 days. Critics, including USAID staff, warned that focusing on the pier could undermine more efficient land routes. Their concerns were validated as the project fed only 450,000 people, well below the 1.5 million target, before being shut down.
