Pentagon: Three US Soldiers Injured In Gaza Pier Accident, One Remains In 'Critical Condition'

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Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh was asked about the three US troops that were injured in an accident on the Gaza aid pier.

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00:00 And with that, happy to jump into questions.

00:02 So Tara, do you want to start us off?

00:04 Sure, thank you.

00:05 To start with the pier, for the food aid that has not been delivered but was intended to

00:11 go through the pier over this next week, is there any alternative route for it to get

00:15 to the people of Gaza, such as increased airdrops, et cetera?

00:19 You're talking about the aid that's currently in Cyprus?

00:21 Right, that was going to be headed through the pier.

00:24 So some of that aid that is currently in Cyprus is being loaded onto vessels.

00:29 So when the pier is re-anchored back onto the Gaza shore, that aid would already be

00:35 pre-positioned and can roll off pretty immediately.

00:38 For the rest of the aid that's in Cyprus, that's still an ongoing conversation that

00:43 USAID is leading in terms of how best to move that aid to Gaza.

00:48 And what about airdrops?

00:49 Any talk about increasing the number of airdrops or anything like that?

00:53 Right now, we haven't – we continue to do airdrops when possible.

00:59 I don't think airdrops would be done out of Cyprus, but if there's a way to move

01:02 aid that we could re-position it somewhere else and be able to conduct an airdrop from

01:07 somewhere else, that would certainly be a possibility.

01:09 But right now, the aid that's in Cyprus would either be pre-loaded onto other vessels

01:14 or rerouted via USAID means.

01:17 Okay, just one more pier and then another topic.

01:19 Sure.

01:20 The service members that were injured last week, what's the status of all those three?

01:24 I believe two of them have returned to duty.

01:26 But you know what?

01:28 Let me take that question on the two.

01:29 And those were minor injuries, but I believe we had read out that they were planning to

01:32 be returned to duty, so let me just get back to you on that.

01:37 The third service member that was in critical condition still remains in critical condition.

01:44 OK, and then--

Pentagon: Three US Soldiers Injured In Gaza Pier Accident, One Remains In 'Critical Condition'

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