On Sunday, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Popular Resistance Committees warned of the dangers of the floating port on the Gaza coast, which the United States announced was operating under allegations of transporting humanitarian aid to the Strip, and considered any foreign presence in the region an occupying force.
On Friday, the US Central Command (Centcom) announced the movement of the first humanitarian aid trucks via the floating dock into the Gaza Strip.
The Popular Front said – in a statement – that “the US administration’s establishment of a floating port on the coast of the Gaza Strip is a cause for concern, and we warn of the dangers of using it to implement other goals and plans, such as displacement or protecting the (Israeli) occupation, and not to transport aid.”
The Front warned “any Palestinian, Arab or international parties against coordinating with the American administration, or working in this port,” and stressed the necessity of opening all crossings in the Gaza Strip, including the Rafah land crossing, as an alternative to this port and to ensure the flow of aid to the Gaza Strip without restrictions or conditions.
It stressed that the Rafah land crossing is a Palestinian-Egyptian crossing with pure sovereignty, and its management mechanism is determined by the Palestinian party in agreement with the Egyptian party, far from the control or interference of the occupation.
The Popular Front renewed its position rejecting any “American or Zionist presence or any foreign force in the Gaza Strip, whether at the Rafah crossing or any place on the land or coast of the Strip,” and affirms that it and the resistance will continue to deal with these forces as an occupying force.
“Service to the enemy”
In turn, the Popular Resistance Committees in Palestine said in a statement: “We view with great danger the direction of the American floating dock located on the shore of the Gaza Sea and we warn against it, as the American administration is a major partner and supporter of the Zionist aggression and war of annihilation against our people in the Gaza Strip.”
It considered, “The port is a service to the Zionist enemy, an act of propaganda and deception, and actual participation in legislating the blockade and occupation of the Rafah crossing, and a stupefaction and deception of world public opinion that supports our people and rejects the crimes of the Nazi enemy in Gaza.”
She also described it as “an attempt to divert attention from the siege, genocide, and starvation war that the Zionist entity has been carrying out against our people for about 8 months.”
Referring to the American administration, the resistance committees said, “Whoever wants to provide relief to our people must first stop the war, killing, and massacres against them, and stop supporting their enemy (Israel) with weapons and money.”
It expressed its rejection of “any Zionist or foreign presence on the shore of the Gaza Sea or its crossings, and any American, Zionist, or other force present on any inch of our land will be a legitimate target for our resistance.”
Yesterday, Saturday, the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) said, “Operating the floating port in Gaza is a dedication to the occupation and the isolation of Gaza, and one of the most effective options for providing relief to the Strip is to stop the aggression.”
In turn, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) yesterday stressed the necessity of the floating water dock that Washington established off the shores of Gaza not being an alternative to opening all land crossings.
On Friday, World Food Program trucks transported the cargo of the first humanitarian aid ship to arrive at the floating dock off Gaza, an American ship that came from the port of Larnaca in Cyprus.
Last March, NBC quoted American officials as saying that Israel was considering contracting with private international security companies to secure the delivery of aid in Gaza via the floating dock.
The Israeli war on Gaza – supported militarily, politically, and intelligence by Washington – left more than 114,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and about 10,000 missing, amid massive destruction and famine that claimed the lives of children and the elderly.
Israel has continued the war since October 7, 2023, despite the issuance of a resolution by the UN Security Council to immediately stop the fighting, and also despite the International Court of Justice demanding immediate measures to prevent acts of genocide and improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.