Cyprus says aid held off Gaza coast after pier damage

Cyprus has said humanitarian aid shipped to Gaza was being kept afloat off the Palestinian territory's coast after a US-built pier was damaged by bad weather.

"No aid was sent today, but the one (shipment) that left two days ago is now being stored using a floating mechanism until the dock is fully repaired," government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said.

The US military said that it had suspended aid deliveries via the pier after high seas and a north African weather system caused a section of the floating platform to break away.