US President Joe Biden says military will build temporary port to deliver aid to Gaza

US President Joe Biden announced in his State of the Union speech on March 7, 2024, that the US military will build a temporary port on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries by sea. The port construction order was issued amid warnings of widespread famine among the 2.3 million Palestinians living in the enclave after nearly five months of fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas militants.