From restricting truck crossings to preventing proper cargo securing, Israel has imposed layers of bureaucratic and physical obstacles that hinder every stage of delivering food and medical supplies to Gaza

Even from outer space, the failure of Israel's plan to supply food to the Gaza Strip is clear. Long white trails of spilled flour stretch north from the Israel-Gaza Kerem Shalom border crossing; the contrast of the white flour is stark against the brown Gaza sand. Just kilometers away, people are starving while tons of flour lies wasted along the roads. Nearby, yellow sacks of rice have also fallen from trucks.

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