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Source: https://www.gov.il/en/pages/spoke-statement220825
Israel: UN Declaration of Famine in Gaza an "Outright Lie"
(Prime Minister's Office) Responding to a report by the UN's Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system released Friday that Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Saturday: "The IPC report is an outright lie. Israel does not have a policy of starvation. Israel has a policy of preventing starvation. Since the beginning of the war Israel has enabled 2 million tons of aid to enter Gaza, over one ton of aid per person. Today, prices have plunged because of Israel's surge in humanitarian aid in Gaza." "Like all previous IPC reports, this one ignores Israel's humanitarian efforts and Hamas's systematic theft....These were the causes of temporary shortages, which Israel overcame with airdrops, maritime deliveries, safe transport routes, and GHF distribution points manned by American companies." "No other country at war has gone to such lengths to feed the civilian population in enemy territory. The only ones being intentionally starved in Gaza are the Israeli hostages....This is not analysis. It is a modern blood libel, spreading like wildfire through prejudice. History will judge those who peddle it. The IPC must end its double standards against the Jewish state."