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CENTCOM: Heavy Seas Batter US Gaza Maritime Aid Mission

Drone view of the scene where vessels, used for delivering aid to Palestinians via a new US-built pier in Gaza, got stuck after they ran aground, on the Mediterranean coast in Ashdod, Israel May 25, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Drone view of the scene where vessels, used for delivering aid to Palestinians via a new US-built pier in Gaza, got stuck after they ran aground, on the Mediterranean coast in Ashdod, Israel May 25, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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CENTCOM: Heavy Seas Batter US Gaza Maritime Aid Mission

Drone view of the scene where vessels, used for delivering aid to Palestinians via a new US-built pier in Gaza, got stuck after they ran aground, on the Mediterranean coast in Ashdod, Israel May 25, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Drone view of the scene where vessels, used for delivering aid to Palestinians via a new US-built pier in Gaza, got stuck after they ran aground, on the Mediterranean coast in Ashdod, Israel May 25, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Heavy seas battered the US maritime humanitarian mission to Gaza on Saturday, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said, with four vessels serving a floating aid delivery pier breaking free from their moorings.

No injuries were reported and the aid pier remains fully functional, CENTCOM said in a statement, adding that no US personnel would enter Gaza.

Two of the affected vessels were now anchored on the beach near the pier and the other two were beached on the coast of Israel near Ashkelon, CENTCOM said, adding that efforts to recover the vessels were under way with assistance from the Israeli Navy.

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Netanyahu: Nasrallah's Death Will Change Balance of Power in Region

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Netanyahu: Nasrallah's Death Will Change Balance of Power in Region

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was a historical turning point that could change the balance of power in the Middle East though he warned of “challenging days” ahead.

"Nasrallah was not a terrorist, he was the terrorist," Netanyahu said in a statement, in his first public remarks since Nasrallah's killing in airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday.

Netanyahu said the killings of top Hezbollah commanders was not enough and he decided Nasrallah also needed to be killed.

He blamed Nasrallah for being “the architect” of a plan to “annihilate” Israel.

"Nasrallah's killing was a necessary step toward achieving the goals we have set, returning residents of the north safely to their homes and changing the balance of power in the region for years to come," Netanyahu said.