Overly stringent checks on trucks at the Rafah crossing from Egypt into Gaza are slowing the flow of humanitarian aid to a “dribble” as hunger grows among Palestinians there, UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain told Reuters.

“We’ve gotten a few a dribble, just a dribble of trucks in,” McCain said in an interview. “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.”