00:00 In the State of the Union, President Biden promised to build a temporary pier for aid delivery on the coast of Gaza,
00:05 but a charity may get there first.
00:07 The U.S.-based organization World Central Kitchen announced Tuesday that a ship carrying food supplies
00:13 was departing Cyprus and heading towards a makeshift jetty in the war-torn territory.
00:17 WCK did not reveal the jetty's location, but they said it was being constructed out of materials from destroyed buildings.
00:23 The ship is operated by the Spanish NGO Open Arms.
00:27 WCK activation manager Juan Camilo Jimenez called the operation "historic."
00:32 It's a complex and historic mission.
00:34 What we are doing right now as World Central Kitchen and Open Arms is historic.
00:37 It's the first time it's happening in many years.
00:39 And that means that we are working with different actors, different governments, different entities to make this possible.
00:45 WCK was founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, who posted on X,
00:50 "This is a time for action, not for hollow promises."
00:53 Israel's coordinator of government activities in the territories told CNN
00:57 that Israel had participated in the process of inspecting the Open Arms ship.
01:01 Israel has been accused by the United Nations of blocking aid to Gaza, though the country denies this.
