"Israel is contesting a recent UN-backed report on the humanitarian situation in Gaza that said famine was imminent and likely to occur by May in northern Gaza.
The report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) further heightened global concerns regarding the humanitarian situation in the war-torn Strip.
COGAT, the Israeli Defense Ministry body responsible for civilian affairs in the Palestinian territories, says in response that ‘the report contains multiple factual and methodological flaws, some of them serious.’
It argues the report grossly underestimated the amount of water available per person per day, notes a lack of data acknowledged by the report and reliance on information from Hamas, and notes reports in Palestinian media ‘every day’ of ‘food markets filled with food of all types and kinds’ in various parts of Gaza.
It says: ‘We outright reject any allegations according to which Israel is purposefully starving the civilian population in Gaza.’..."
March 30, 2024
Israel contests U.N.-backed report on imminent famine in Gaza
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March 30, 2024
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Israel contests U.N.-backed report on imminent famine in Gaza, The Times of Israel
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