Trucks filled with supplies sit across the border from Gaza.

Why are these trucks still stuck on the other side? Why is it so complicated to bring these trucks in?

It's not complicated. That actually is the answer. I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Carol Hills. Today,

what it's like to provide health care in Gaza without adequate supplies. And we take you once more

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This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Carol Hills. The flow of aid into Gaza has slowed to a trickle, with deliveries hitting a new low since the start of the war.

According to the U.N., during the first three weeks of October, only about 700

aid trucks made it into the territory. For context, the U.S. Secretary of Defense says a minimum of

350 trucks carrying aid need to get into Gaza per day to meet the current need.

Karin Huster is the medical team leader for Med Sanson Frontier or Doctors

Without Borders on the ground in Gaza. We hold on dearly to what we have, but that means that

sometimes I as a medical team leader need to ration the number of dressing changes that we can

do in maybe use space the dressing changes for a patient.

Instead of doing a dressing change every two days, you do it every four or five days. You know,

maybe somebody is going to go less often for surgery for the revision of their stump,

you know, their amputated leg or amputated arm. And that's not ideal, right? But that's

the reality that you might face if you don't have enough anesthesia drugs, if you don't have any

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