The US Army announced the death of a soldier who was in critical condition after being injured on a non-combat mission during support Floating dock Off the coast Gaza Strip.
The US Army said in a statement yesterday, Monday, that Sergeant Quandarius Devon Stanley, who recently retired from the army, was seriously injured last May while supporting operations at sea on the pier that the United States built with the aim of increasing humanitarian aid flows to the Gaza Strip.
The statement confirmed that Stanley had died, but did not specify when. He pointed out that the aforementioned soldier was receiving treatment at a long-term care medical center.
The Gaza Floating Pier is an American project to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip, which was implemented according to a decision by the American President. joe biden During the Israeli war on the Strip, it consists of a platform at sea designated to receive large ships and a dock installed on the beach, and its cost amounted to about 320 million dollars.
The pier was dismantled several times after it was officially operational on May 17, 2024 for reasons, most of which were returned to weather conditions, before the US Department of Defense announced (Pentagon) “Completed his mission” last July, despite the fact that the residents of the besieged Palestinian Strip were dying of hunger.