‘Insane Bureaucracy’ Delaying Gaza Aid At Border- WFP

The Head of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) says overly stringent checks on trucks at the Rafah border crossing from Egypt into Gaza are slowing the flow of aid.

“The bureaucracy is insane,” Cindy McCain said,  adding that while she understood checks were needed to ensure weapons were not being smuggled, it should be easier to get food in.

“We’ve gotten a few, a dribble, just a dribble of trucks in,” the Executive Director of the World Food program added.

“We need to get a large amount in. We need safe, unfettered access into Gaza so that we can feed and make sure that people don’t starve to death, because that’s what’s happening.”

While visiting Egypt to meet with officials, McCain said each truck has to unload its cargo at a checkpoint for inspection, then reload it when the check is complete.

BBC