Diaries from Gaza: 'This isn’t help — it’s cruelty repackaged as assistance'

Noor al-Yacoubi is a 27-year-old translator and writer. She hasn't left the Gaza Strip since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023, and has been sharing reflections on her life with L'Orient Today during the war.The only way to access aid in Gaza right now is to risk your life. That’s not an exaggeration — it’s our daily reality. But I would rather die hungry than ask my husband to go out in search of food. I couldn’t bear the thought of losing him over a sack of flour.For months, Gaza was under total blockade. Nothing came in: no food, no fuel, no medicine. Then, suddenly, Israel announced that aid would be allowed to enter. It sounded like a lifeline, but it quickly proved to be another layer of torment. More on this Airdropping aid, a false solution for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza Now, aid enters Gaza in three ways: through...