US service member critically injured, 2 other troops hurt at Gaza aid pier: report

Three US service members were injured, one critically, during a nonmilitary operation on a Gaza pier on Thursday, officials said.

The troops had been working to deliver humanitarian aid in Gaza, US Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, deputy commander of US Central Command, told Reuters.

Two service members suffered a sprained ankle and a minor back injury.

Cooper declined to give details on the condition of the third American, who was taken to a local hospital.