U.S. military recommends permanently dismantling pier that's helping deliver aid into Gaza, sources say

U.S. Central Command has recommended permanently dismantling the Gaza pier, according to two U.S. officials. 

The pier, bedeviled by bad weather and mechanical malfunctions, has been in operation for only about 20 days since it was installed in May. In those 20 days, it has managed to deliver nearly 20 million pounds of aid.  

The pier is currently in Ashdod, Israel, and the Pentagon has already announced it will soon cease operations, although there was a chance that it would be installed one final time to deliver the remaining aid supplies from Cyprus.