Humanitarian Aid Supplies Expire While Awaiting Entry to Gaza

Egyptian officials announced that they will destroy a large shipment of humanitarian aid that has expired while awaiting permits to enter Gaza. The shipments included food items, pesticide and medicine all of which expired while the shipment awaited Israel's permission at the al-Quja border crossing.

Authorities also announced Friday that they uncovered four tunnels Egypt and Gaza in the Salah Al-Deeb. Other goods - including clothes, blankets and a number of large vessels filled with food - that were said to be smuggled into Gaza were also confiscated from a warehouse nearby.

Israel has toughened its blockade to the populated Gaza strip ever since Hamas took the control of the area. Aid agencies have warned that the area, home to almost two million people, is facing a humanitarian crisis.