(11 Jul 2024)
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Ashdod Port - 11 July 2024
1. Various of Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid workers at Ashdod port
2. Ship docked at port
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development:
“The reason that I am here is I've brought new resources. We have made an announcement today of an additional $100 million of additional humanitarian assistance. We will make use of that in the event of a cease-fire where we can flood the zone, but we will make use of it no matter what. We will find a way to get these resources to people in need. But additionally, in a context in which there is not a cease-fire, these issues of deconfliction, of safe humanitarian movement become all the more important, because when the IDF is active in military hostilities, humanitarian aid workers have paid the price.”
4. Power at port
5. Wide of crane (English) reading: “Port of Ashdod”
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development:
“The Maritime Pier came online at a time of some of the greatest despair and the greatest food shortages, and actually has brought to the people of Gaza, enough food to feed 450,000 people for a month. So it's been, I think, a bigger part of meeting food needs than people are aware. That's more than 8000 metric tons.”
7. Power at port
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development:
“We've got an agreement for the government of Israel to bring new scanning capacity online. That is going to make this probably the site of more of the humanitarian pipeline flowing through here. So I think we can look to Ashdod to being a bigger part of the solution over time. Prior to October 7th, Ashdod was a place that a lot of the humanitarian aid came into. So this increased scanning capacity is going to be really important.”
9. Various of container being brought to land
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development:
“Having a system lined up where those aid workers can convey their coordinates, their movements to the IDF, and know that they are going to be safe in making those deliveries. That has not been an assurance that they have had throughout this conflict.”
11. Various of Power with WFP representatives at port
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development:
“We need a cease-fire and the release of hostages. I know that we've been saying that for a long time, and all of us are heartbroken for the hostages' families, for the people of Gaza who have to endure this horrific conflict day after day after day. But Hamas must accept the terms of the cease-fire, and then we will be in a position to flood the zone with humanitarian support.”
13. Power touring port
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development:
“I can say from my own experience, I've worked, initially, I was a journalist. I started my career as a war correspondent. My whole career has been working in and around conflict areas. I have never seen a more difficult conflict environment for humanitarians to work in, never.”
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Ashdod Outskirts - 11 July 2024
15. Various of Power during meeting with Israeli and American soldiers and UN representatives
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