Must do More to Protect Civilians and Increase the Amount of Aid Getting Through

Barak Ravid is reporting that the Israeli plan for the Rafah crossing does not include allowing any food through. Which has been the case since the IDF took it ten days ago. No food is passing through.

On the mitigating side - the magical 1/3 of a billion dollar floating pier is now operational. The initial shipment arriving is described as "as much as 500 tonnes of aid". This is 25 trucks. It is not clear if this shipment has actually been delivered or distributed. For reference, aid agencies are saying that they need 500-600 truckloads at a minimum in order to address the starvation crisis. OTOH, Israel insists that there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza - that there is no hunger there and suggestions otherwise are blood libels - but also, no independent international media organizations are allowed in to have a look. Also, just ignoring the international aid agencies that are on the ground and saying that there is famine - or calling those aid agencies Hamas or Nazis. Here is one of the zillions of ludicrous bullshit articles of faith that the US State Department has been repeating for months. Israel apparently needs to do more to protect civilians and increase humanitarian aid - but at the same time, the US believes that Israel has gone to extraordinary measures in order to get civilian protection and facilitating aid to the levels they are at now (i.e. zero). Also, Israel insists that this is the case - they are the "most moral army in the world" because they already do so much to protect civilians and facilitate aid deliveries. Now we all know where the lie is. Of course Israel is not doing shit to protect civilians and facilitate aid, but that batch of lies is the basis for US foreign policy. Israel is already doing an excellent job at protecting civilians and facilitating aid delivery, but also they must do more, and also Israel says they are doing as much as possible - already an extraordinary amount that has never been matched by any army throughout history. The obvious answer then - there must be a Ceasefire Now. If more must be done to protect civilians and facilitate aid - but Israel is not capable of doing more in this regard - then they must not be allowed to continue their military campaign. It's either that or you are okay with man-made famine and ludicrous levels of civilian deaths.