US military says first aid shipment has been driven across a newly built US pier into the Gaza Strip
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Hamas ‘rejects’ any military presence in Gaza as aid begins to arrive along US-made pier – as it happened
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US military constructs hulking metal pier amid Biden's $320 million gamble to get aid into Gaza
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