FOOD IS SCARCE in Gaza. Many residents are eating leaves and foraging for scraps on the streets, according to Save the Children, a charity. Since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas, deliveries of food to the strip have been insufficient. Evidently, neither Israel nor Hamas considers getting food to the starving to be a priority. Israel insists it is not obstructing aid lorries. But the situation is so bad that America and others have begun air-dropping food into Gaza. America is also planning to build a pier to allow faster deliveries by sea.