The humanitarian aid trucks allowed into southern Gaza are not enough to meet people’s desperate needs, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Rafah, southern Gaza.

Since yesterday, at least 10 trucks were let in under a Qatar-brokered deal. The packages they brought included supplies for depleted hospitals as well as medicine for captives held in Gaza.

Palestinians here have grown used to a routine of queueing up for more than half a day just to get aid or food stamps. It is incredibly difficult because the amount of humanitarian relief coming in is so little compared to the needs of more than 1.9 million displaced Palestinians.

The situation is even worse in the north where there is intense famine that is getting more dire each day. On top of the fact there is not enough food, the water there is contaminated.

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