US confirms first aid trucks arrive via Gaza pier

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Lorries queued up near the beach waiting to take the aid into Gaza

The US military has confirmed that the first aid shipment via a temporary pier off Gaza has gone ashore.

US Central Command confirmed in a post on X that the aid trucks began moving ashore at about 09:00 local time (07:00 BST).

"This is an ongoing, multinational effort to deliver additional aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza via a maritime corridor that is entirely humanitarian in nature," the post read, adding that no US troops went ashore.

However, the UN has warned that the maritime corridor is not a replacement for land routes, which are seen as the quickest and most effective way of delivering aid.

In the coming days around 500 tonnes of aid is expected to enter Gaza, according to US Central Command

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