by Manal, a humanitarian worker working in partnership with Oxfam, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Someone described the situation to me the other day: "Gaza has been living and breathing through two checkpoints, Rafah and Erez. The goods have been trickling in uncertainly for the last six months; it's like somebody trapped in a closed room or a lift, not getting enough oxygen, and trying to keep breathing slowly until somebody opens the door and saves them."