US EditionIsrael Demands UN-Backed Monitor Retract Gaza Famine Report
Israel disputes a UN-backed report claiming famine affects 514,000 Gaza residents, citing flawed data and threatening to halt funding to the monitoring body if retraction is not issued.
- Israel demanded that the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative retract its Gaza famine report on Wednesday, with Eden Bar Tal calling it `fabricated` and `deeply flawed`.
- After the UN declared a famine on Friday, it blamed Israel for systematic obstruction of aid during more than 22 months of war and Israel challenged the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification methods.
- The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said 514,000 people face famine, rising to 641,000 by September, while Gaza health ministry reports 313 hunger-related deaths and 132,000 children at malnutrition risk.
- Israel threatened IPC donors with funding halts if no new report appears within two weeks, while many European governments and UN agencies defended the IPC's work, calling it the `gold standard`.
- Joyce Msuya told the UN Security Council that famine is confirmed in north-central Gaza and may spread to Deir el-Balah and Khan Younis by September's end, with aid blockades worsening conditions and hospitals reporting new casualties near Gaza City.
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Author of UN-backed Gaza famine report peddled antisemitic tropes, conspiracy theories, and terrorist apologia
Numerous mainstream media outlets picked up the IPC’s claims without disclosing Seal’s history of attacking Israel and defending Hamas terrorists or noting the possibility that his beliefs could have influenced the IPC report. By Alana Goodman, The Washington Free Beacon An author of a U.N.-backed report that accused Israel of creating “famine” in Gaza is a longtime anti-Israel radical who has defended Hamas, claimed Jewish politicians have a “c…
All members of the most powerful body in the United Nations strongly criticize Israel for the hunger in the Gaza Strip – with the exception of the United States. Israel rejects the criticism and speaks of manipulated data.
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Wort.luThe report considers the criteria for a famine in parts of Gaza to be met. In the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is considered to be "falsified"
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxIsrael called for a global hunger observatory to retract a famine assessment of Gaza City.
Israel demands retraction of Gaza famine report, calls findings ‘deeply flawed’
Israel asked a global hunger monitor on Wednesday to retract an assessment that found that Gaza City and surrounding areas are suffering from famine and that it will likely spread, dismissing the report as "deeply flawed".
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