Gaza Herald – Israel’s blockade of Gaza is increasingly crippling the transportation system that delivers food, medicine and humanitarian aid to a population already devastated by genocide. The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor warned that destroying trucks and warehouses, targeting drivers, and restricting spare parts and fuel are disrupting the entire aid supply chain.
Before the genocide, Gaza had around 1,200 trucks serving its population. Today, only about 300 are reportedly operational, just 25% of the pre-war fleet. Around 150 trucks have been destroyed or disabled, while more than 20 drivers have reportedly been killed and 15 detained.
The destruction of Gaza’s transport network means that allowing aid trucks to enter the crossings does not guarantee that their cargo will reach civilians. Damaged vehicles, missing spare parts, unsafe roads, prolonged inspections and destroyed storage facilities can leave food and medicine stranded or spoiled before reaching families in need.
The humanitarian consequences are severe. More than 1.4 million Palestinians, around 67% of Gaza’s population, are expected to face crisis-level food insecurity or worse between July and December 2026. Around 212,000 people remain in an emergency phase, while nearly 1.9 million could face crisis-level hunger or worse without continued food assistance.
The crisis is intensified by Gaza’s near-total dependence on supplies from outside the Strip. With local agriculture, businesses, infrastructure and livelihoods devastated, the population has few alternatives when the movement of imported food, medicine and fuel is obstructed.
Euro-Med Monitor warned that Israel’s restrictions on transportation and humanitarian access may amount to another mechanism of collective deprivation. International humanitarian law prohibits the starvation of civilians and requires humanitarian relief to be allowed and facilitated when civilians are in need.
For Palestinians in Gaza, humanitarian aid cannot be measured by the number of trucks permitted through a crossing. Aid only counts when food, medicine and essential supplies actually reach hungry families. As Israel continues to restrict the system that moves those supplies, Gaza’s already fragile lifeline is being pushed closer to collapse, and millions remain at risk of hunger.
