Israeli officials have been imposing an opaque and cumbersome process and worsening the dire humanitarian crisis in the strip, Nossair and other aid officials charge. Israeli officials have repeatedly denied obstructing aid from entering Gaza, and instead blame the U.N. for acute shortages of lifesaving supplies in the strip — particularly the north. (Aid agencies and the U.N. say Gaza needs between 500 and 600 trucks a day carrying both humanitarian aid and commercial goods.) COGAT has said it places "no limit" on the amount of aid entering Gaza but subjects some items to higher security scrutiny. Israeli officials have also blamed the U.N.'s Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) for a failure to distribute aid.

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Persons: Mohamed Nossair, Nossair, COGAT, Kerem, Israel Organizations: Palestinian, Hamas, NBC News, United Nations, NBC, UNRWA Locations: Israeli, Kerem, Gaza, Israel, Rafah, Ismailia, Territories, Kerem Shalom, Egypt, COGAT