In his speech to Congress, President Biden says a temporary pier will transport supplies from ships to the shore.

President Joe Biden is to announce that the US military will construct a port in Gaza to get more humanitarian aid into the territory by sea, senior US officials say.

The temporary port will increase the amount of humanitarian assistance to Palestinians by “hundreds of additional truckloads” per day, officials say.

However, it will not include US troops on the ground in Gaza, they said.

The UN warns that a quarter of the population is on the brink of famine.