Former US aid director calls Gaza pier 'a failure’ 

Ex-US aid director for the West Bank and Gaza, Dave Harden, said that the now-closed US-built Gaza pier was “interesting in theory, but in practice, an absolute failure – and my concern is who will be held accountable?”, Aljazeera reported. 

“What we have not seen is a robust opening of the crossings … I think this goes first to the Israelis, and second to the Americans,” Harden added.

“And in the meantime, the Gazans themselves continue to suffer. This was a tragedy compounding a tragedy."