Red tape slows Gaza aid

The UN says it has enough food near Gaza’s southern border to feed the
enclave’s 2.2 million people, but aid workers say they face challenges
caused by Israel’s security checkpoints


MEDITERRANEAN SEA
ISRAEL
EGYPT
JORDAN
Cairo 
Delivery by air
Delivery by Sea
Al Arish
Delivery by road
WEST BANK
GAZA STRIP
1 2 3


1 International aid: Deliveries to Egypt are main lifeline for Gazans

2 First check: Once in Cairo or Al Arish, international agencies submit inventory of each shipment to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) via UN

3 “Dual use” items: IDF bans items that it says could be used by Hamas to make weapons. Scissors in medical kits, solar panels, metal tent poles, oxygen tanks are among items rejected
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4 Rafah: Some trucks are required to drive 40km to Nitzana, where aid is checked again by IDF using scanners and sniffer dogs

5 Kerem Shalom: Aid is  unloaded from scanned trucks and reloaded onto trucks vetted by IDF

6 Vetted trucks: Drive into Gaza. Aid is again offloaded, placed on trucks driven by Palestinians and taken to UN-run warehouses

ISRAEL
Al Arish
Aid ships from Cyprus
Gate 96
GAZA STRIP
Rafah
Kerem Shalom crossing
4 5 6

20km  12.4 miles

Sources: New York Times, Plan International, Reuters, TRT World
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