The Latest | Israel says it will send more troops to Rafah, as fighting also rages in Gaza's north

The U.S. military has finished installing a floating pier for delivering humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, besieged after seven months of fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. Israel has been pressing its military operations in Rafah, a city along Gaza’s southern border, and in northern Gaza, where Hamas has regrouped. Some 80% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million Palestinians have fled their homes, many of them multiple times. No food has entered the two main border crossings in southern Gaza for more than a week. Some 1.1 million Palestinians are on the brink of starvation. Israel has portrayed Rafah as the last Hamas stronghold, brushing off warnings that any major operation there would be catastrophic for civilians.