The aid mission was beset with challenges from the start, including rough seas that tore the pier apart, ships that ran aground and the death of a U.S. soldier.

The Defense Department Inspector General documents the 46th president’s ill-fated pier off Gaza.

More than 60 service members were injured as a part of former President Joe Biden's floating aid pier in Gaza, a Pentagon Inspector General report published on Tuesday said, a number significantly higher than had been previously disclosed.