Gaza-based terrorist group threatens British forces if they begin to deliver aid from offshore pier

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FDD's Long War Journal

Joe Truzman

April 30, 2024

The Popular Resistance Committees warned via its official Telegram channel on April 28 that if British forces operate on a U.S.-made pier off the Gaza coast, they will become legitimate targets for attack. The warning followed reports that the U.K. government is considering tasking British troops with delivering aid from the offshore platform to Gaza.

“We warn Britain or any other country against deploying any forces on the land or coast of the Gaza Strip and affirm that they will be legitimate targets for our people and their resistance,” said the Popular Resistance Committees. 

On April 29, U.S. Central Command posted on X that it is in the process of constructing a floating pier near the Gaza coast to increase humanitarian aid deliveries to the war-ridden enclave. Separately, the IDF announced on April 27 that it would soon receive a floating pier built by the United States off the Gaza coast to facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid. 

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