Corinne Fleischer, the World Food Programme’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, has said that it is “very difficult” for the agency to bring in enough food to the besieged coastal enclave.

Speaking to Al Jazeera from Cairo, she said: “We have had to cancel or reduce the rations that we provide. We provide assistance to about one million people every month … but we don’t bring in enough.”

There are three reasons for that, said Fleischer, explaining, “First, there are not enough border crossing points open. Second, once we get through, there is a problem of law and order inside Gaza that makes us have to be very tactical [about] when do we bring food in so we aren’t getting looted. Thirdly, it’s a very complicated operation.”

She said that during her visit to the Gaza Strip recently, she noted that roads are destroyed and filled with people. “Inside Gaza, it is very difficult with the [Israeli military] evacuation orders affecting so many people, but also affecting the operations,” Fleischer said.