US EditionAs it happened: Netanyahu calls famine report 'lie'
- International outrage has grown after a UN report confirmed full-blown famine in Gaza, stating over 500,000 people are facing catastrophic food insecurity and more than 1 million are in emergency conditions according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification .
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the IPC report as 'an outright lie,' claiming Israel facilitates aid and stating, 'Israel does not have a policy of starvation.'
- Human rights defenders attributed the famine to Israel's deliberate campaign of starvation, with claims that the famine is a direct consequence of these actions.
- The Gaza Health Ministry reported that the death toll has reached 62,263 since October 2023, with Israeli strikes resulting in numerous fatalities, particularly among civilians seeking food aid.
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Netanyahu's attack on the Gaza famine report aims to hide the truth from Israelis
Israel rushed to discredit the report that determined Gaza is suffering from the highest level of famine. But lies and victim-playing do not change one basic fact: Israel starved Gazans until the world intervened
Israel is under international pressure to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza. Netanyahu now denies a famine and remains on course.
Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu described the UN report on a famine in parts of the Gaza Strip as a lie. He wrote on the online platform X, his country does not pursue a policy of starvation. Federal Development Minister Alabali Radovan once again called for an improvement in the aid measures.
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Despite an alarming report on hunger in the Gaza Strip, Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu holds on to his war targets - and calls the warnings of international experts "lie."
Israel is under international pressure to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza. A famine in the north, now noted by experts, denies Prime Minister Netanyahu - and holds on to the course.
Israel is under international pressure to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza. A famine in the north, now noted by experts, denies Prime Minister Netanyahu - and holds on to the course.
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