WASHINGTON — The US military has halted deliveries of humanitarian aid to the coast of the Gaza Strip after a temporary floating pier suffered significant damage due to bad weather and high tides, a US official told Al-Monitor.

Part of the causeway system that had been anchored into the shore came unmoored, the official said.

It remains unclear exactly when the pier system broke down. US Central Command said on Saturday that "heavy sea states" had dislodged four US Army vessels from their moorings, but that the pier itself remained "fully functional."

"The vessels broke free from their moorings and two vessels are now anchored on the beach near the pier. The third and fourth vessels are beached on the coast of Israel near Ashkelon. Efforts to recover the vessels are........

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