With chaotic airdrops, Israel’s starvation of Gaza enters new phase

From his displacement tent in western Deir al-Balah, Tayseer Obeid has spent the past week scanning the skies over central Gaza, noting the time and direction of aircraft dropping aid.

His family of 12 hasn’t received proper humanitarian assistance in six months. To feed them, he planted small patches of molokhia, eggplant, and pumpkin around his and his relatives’ tent. But the crops have been repeatedly destroyed — including at the end of July, when the…