Former President Joe Biden’s failed aid pier in Gaza dozens of US troops injured and one dead in an orgy of carnage that’s only just been exposed by a new report. 

More than 60 US service members were injured as a part of Biden’s floating aid pier in Gaza, a number significantly higher than had been previously disclosed, per a Pentagon Inspector General report published this week.

The pier, announced by Biden during a televised address to Congress in March 2024, was a massive endeavor that took about 1,000 U.S. service personnel from the Army and Navy to execute.

But bad weather and distribution challenges inside Gaza limited the effectiveness of what the US military says was its biggest aid delivery effort ever in the Middle East.

The pier was only operational for about 20 days and cost about $230 million.

The Pentagon had said three US troops suffered non-combat injuries in support of the pier. But the new report by the Pentagon Inspector General said that the number was actually 62.

One 23-year-old soldier, Army Sgt Quandarius, was medically evacuated in critical condition after a forklift accident. He died at a Veterans Affairs hospital five months later.

Stanley was a motor transport operator and was critically injured when high winds and heavy seas damaged the pier, causing four Army vessels to become beached. 

More than 60 US service members were injured as a part of former president Biden’s floating aid pier in Gaza, and one was killed, according to a new report

The pier, announced by Biden during a televised address to Congress in March 2024, was a massive endeavor that took about 1,000 U.S. forces and cost about $230 million

Sgt. Quandarius Stanley, 23, was a motor transport operator and was critically injured when high winds and heavy seas damaged the pier. He died five months later 

‘Based on the information provided, we were not able to determine which of these 62 injuries occurred during the performance of duties or resulted off duty or from pre-existing medical conditions,’ the report said.

The pier became a sore point in Congress, where Republicans branded it a political stunt by Biden, who was under pressure from fellow Democrats to do more to aid Palestinians after months of staunchly supporting Israel’s punishing war on Hamas.

While it brought in sorely needed aid to a marshalling area on Gaza’s shore, the 1,200-foot-long floating pier had to be removed multiple times because of bad weather.

The Inspector General said that the US military did not meet the standards for the equipment.

‘Nor did they organize, train, and equip their forces to meet common joint standards,’ the report said.

The Defense Department formally pulled the pier from the Gaza shore on June 28, 2024, and declared an end in mid-July to the mission to bring aid into the territory besieged by the war between Israel and Hamas.

All together, the military moved nearly 20 million pounds of aid onto the Gaza shore in what officials said was the ‘largest volume of humanitarian assistance’ ever delivered into the Middle East.

But aid agencies had difficulty moving the food brought ashore to areas further into Gaza where it was needed most because humanitarian convoys came under attack.

Challenges to aid delivery in Gaza persist.

The United Nations and Palestinian representatives at the International Court of Justice have accused Israel of breaking international law by refusing to let aid into Gaza, after Israel began on March 2 to cut off all supplies to the 2.3 million residents of the Palestinian enclave.

The massive pier project was hampered by unexpected bad weather and security issues, as well as persistent safety issues

While it brought in sorely needed aid to a marshalling area on Gaza’s shore, the 1,200-foot-long floating pier had to be removed multiple times because of bad weather

The Inspector General said that the US military did not meet the standards for the equipment

Israel has defended its blockade against aid entering Gaza, alleging that Hamas steals supplies intended for the civilian population and distributes them to its own forces, an allegation that Hamas denies.

While pummeling the strip with airstrikes, it has banned any food, water, shelter or medication from being trucked into the Palestinian territory, where the UN says the vast majority of the population is reliant on humanitarian aid to survive. 

Israel says the blockade aims to pressure Hamas to release the hostages it still holds.

Of the 59 captives remaining in Gaza, 21 are believed to still be alive, President Donald Trump said Tuesday, revealing that three had died. 

The current blockade has lasted longer than any previous Israeli halt in aid to Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began. 

Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023 and Israel froze aid to Gaza for two weeks.

Now, Gaza is entering its third month without supplies. Thousands of trucks queue along the border of the territory, waiting to be let in. Community kitchens are closing down and bakeries are running out of fuel. Families spend hours waiting in line for small portions of rice.