At no point was a pier planned for north Gaza, the first place to be evacuated, six months ago.

Israel will be inspecting every delivery since Hamas has proved again and again that if it takes part in international commerce, it will be in the business of killing Jews. That’s why they didn’t have their own port to begin with. It’s not a choke point, it’s a highway interchange. That’s generally where you want to build the port. It’s literally the opposite of a choke point.

Egypt is in charge of the southern border crossing not Israel. Egypt doesn’t want terrorists moving weapons and fighters over its border, either.