3 US soldiers hurt during Gaza pier mission

Three U.S. soldiers assigned to the Gaza pier mission were injured Thursday, including one whose injuries were serious enough to require a medical evacuation to Israel, according to the Pentagon.

The injuries mark the first such incidents for U.S. service members in the operation to bring humanitarian assistance to Palestinians via a pier off the coast of Gaza.

Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, deputy commander of U.S. Central Command, informed reporters Thursday that the three service members sustained noncombat-related incidents at sea.

“Three injuries, two were very minor injuries and those individuals returned to duty. One individual is undergoing care at a local Israeli hospital,” Cooper said during a Thursday press call, adding that the two with minor injuries suffered a sprained ankle and a back injury and both had returned to duty.

The third individual was injured on a ship at sea and medically evacuated, Cooper noted.

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