Former President Joe Biden’s floating pier project off the coast of Gaza, launched to deliver humanitarian aid, injured 62 U.S.

The aid mission was beset with challenges from the start, including rough seas that tore the pier apart, ships that ran aground and the death of a U.S. soldier.

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