No plans to send US forces into Gaza to bolster aid effort- Pentagon

The United States has no plans to send U.S. troops into Gaza to bolster efforts to distribute aid, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, remarks that appeared to play down the idea of a U.S.-military run port or other landing site for maritime aid distribution.

"At this time there are no plans to put U.S. forces on the ground in Gaza," Air Force Major General Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon's chief spokesperson, told a news conference.