According to multiple reports, the Biden administration may have spent millions of dollars of taxpayer funds for every day the Gaza aid dock was actively operating.

The pier was built in mid-May and was meant to serve as a conduit for transporting aid to the Palestinians by sea, but it has been plagued by problems since it began operating, and three US officials said this week that the platform will last only a few more days before it is shut down for good. Said ABC News on Tuesday. (Related: Biden Pentagon could buy nearly 12 aircraft carriers with money meant to be spent on one missile program)

The pier had been subject to frequent closures due to a series of logistical and operational problems, according to ABC News. The Wall Street Journal previously reported that it had been hastily constructed by the US military at the behest of the Biden administration, meaning it could not operate in the Mediterranean's frequent bad weather and high wave conditions. report.

In late May, heavy weather caused the pier to collapse, forcing the U.S. military to tow it north for repairs that took more than a week. place It was anchored in early June but has since been removed and re-anchored several times to prevent damage from bad weather, according to ABC.

The Pentagon has previously acknowledged that there is a fundamental risk that U.S. forces operating the pier will come under attack from Hamas or other nefarious forces: The pier's landing site on the Gaza Strip's coast came under mortar attack by an unknown terrorist group just weeks before construction began.

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 17: John Kirby, Assistant to the President for National Security Communications, speaks to reporters during a regular press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC on May 17, 2024. Kirby updated reporters on humanitarian aid being delivered to the Gaza Strip using floating docks and piers constructed by the U.S. military. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The dock has also done little to deliver needed humanitarian aid to Gaza residents caught in the crossfire of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas: The dock's goal was to offload 90 to 150 truckloads of aid per day, but UN officials previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation that 300 to 500 truckloads of aid were needed per day.

Most of the aid that was unloaded from the jetty is now piled up on shore, after the main organization responsible for distributing aid stopped distribution from the jetty in early June, citing safety concerns. Said The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the next few days this week will be dedicated to clearing some of the aid supplies that have piled up ahead of the pier's removal.

Defense experts and former U.S. government officials previously told DCNF that the pier was a “terrible idea” even before it was built, and that there are far more effective ways to deliver aid to the Palestinians, including convoys of trucks that primarily pass through Israel's border crossings with Egypt.

“All of the other issues are far too serious to me to be worth the risk, which is why it's disappointing to see the administration prioritizing politics over sound military and intelligence planning,” Michael DiMino, a fellow at the Defense Priorities think tank and a former CIA official, told DCNF a few weeks before the pier was built. “This was a pretty last-minute thing. The administration was looking for just the right approach that wouldn't put any more pressure on Israel or Egypt and would avoid bigger problems.”

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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