“In order to allow for a basic fabric of life in the Gaza Strip, the deputy defense minister approved allowing 106 trucks carrying basic humanitarian products into the Gaza Strip.”

That statement could be one of countless similar claims made by the Israeli government since the start of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza — but it is in fact from a 2008 presentation. The Israeli Ministry of Defense presentation “Food Consumption in the Gaza Strip — Red Lines” details the amount of food consumed, produced, and distributed throughout Gaza. It was prepared to assist the Israeli government in the professed goal of: limiting the entry of food into Gaza.

Although the Israeli Ministry of Defense claimed that “Red Lines,” as the presentation is often referred to, was only a draft and never “used as a basis for implementing civilian policy toward the Gaza Strip,” it appears to have been in force from 2007 to 2010. When the presentation was brought to light years later, it only confirmed what Palestinians in Gaza had already known — that Israel was trying to starve them.