The US military announced on Saturday evening that it had resumed delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of Gaza through the temporary pier that the United States built on the coast of the Strip and was damaged by a storm at the end of May.

The US Central Command in the Middle East (CENTCOM) said in a statement on the “Basic humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza,” she said, adding, “No American military personnel have set foot on the beach in Gaza.”

In a second statement, Centcom said, “The humanitarian dock facility, including its equipment and personnel, was not used in the hostage rescue operations Saturday in Gaza. The Israelis used the area south of the facility to safely return the hostages to Israel. Any claim to the contrary is false.” The temporary dock on the Gaza coast is for one specific purpose: to help transport additional life-saving aid that is desperately needed in the Gaza Strip.”

On Friday, the US Army announced that it had returned the floating dock designated for bringing aid to the Gaza coast, after its structure was damaged by a storm and was repaired in a nearby Israeli port.

Centcom said in a statement that it "succeeded in returning the temporary dock to Gaza, allowing the continued delivery of much-needed humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza."

Israel restricts the delivery of aid to Gaza, depriving the Strip's 2.4 million residents of clean water, food, medicine and fuel.