(IDF Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories) International bodies and the media rely on UN data on humanitarian aid in Gaza as the source of truth. However, there are significant gaps between the data presented on the UN dashboard and the data collected and published by COGAT-the IDF Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories. After an in-depth review, it is clear that the UN data presents an incomplete picture of aid going into Gaza, and there is significant underreporting. The UN figures not only inconsistently record humanitarian trucks from the private sector and other NGO trucks, but is also missing data on UN aid entering Gaza. These gaps have become extreme in April and May 2024. We have identified underreporting of over 8,000 trucks since Oct. 7, 2023, with 4,880 "missing" trucks in May 2024 alone. Historically and according to the UN mandate, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is the professional body that should be collecting this data. However, since Oct. 7, the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA has taken over data collection and reporting. UNRWA does not have the capabilities to be collecting and presenting the aid data. Their methodology is deeply flawed and their data is missing significant humanitarian aid. This contributes to a distortion between the reality on the ground and the widely accepted reports.
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