Al Jazeera reports that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has agreed to help deliver aid for the starving people of Gaza via sea when a US military-built pier is complete, according to a report.

WFP will be partnering with USAID to carry out the humanitarian effort, but it remains unclear when the US will complete the construction of the pier in Gaza, The Associated Press (AP) news agency reports.

“This is a complex operation that requires coordination between many partners, and our conversations are ongoing,” USAID said in a statement to AP.

US and WFP officials are working on how to deliver aid to Palestinian civilians “in an independent, neutral, and impartial manner”, the agency said.