According to some professionals, dire warnings from the United Nations, the US, the European Union and aid organizations for hunger and famine among civilians in northern Gaza appear to have been exaggerated.
“Politicians said thousands of children were going to die, and that didn’t happen, and no one is trying to explain it,” David Adesnik, senior fellow and analysis director at Bedrock for the Protection of Democracies, told Fox Information. Virtual. Adesnik has been monitoring the recent increase in food availability in northern Gaza that it has been experiencing for a long time without comment from researchers and the media.
The first threat of famine came on 18 March in a report by the Integrated Food Security Section Classification (IPC) Famine Review Committee (FRC), which said famine was “forecast and imminent” in northern Gaza and Gaza provinces. , The FRC noted that without “a significant and immediate increase in humanitarian and commercial access to the entire population of Gaza, as well as an immediate political decision for a ceasefire”, there could be a markedly larger impact on the mortality and survival of Palestinians. Is. ,
A week after the record, Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated the record, saying during a press conference in the Philippines that “By the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in Gaza is at the level of severe food insecurity. This is the first times that the entire population has been classified this way.”
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Palestinians buy food and clothes at a market in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, on January 15, 2024. (Mahmoud Shalha/Anadolu using Getty Pictures)
By 31 May, the Famine Early Ultimatum Techniques Community (FEWS Net), supported by the US Company for World Construction (USAID), reported that it was “possible, if not likely, that all three IPC thresholds for famine… were met”. “Meet or overtake northern Gaza in April.”
On June 4, the FRC waived a specific diagnosis, refuting the effects of FEWS NET and pointing out that they were not “plausible”. Some of the reasons cited for the confrontation were their finding that “While FEWS NET estimated that calorie availability in the region met only 59% – 63% of needs… In April, a review by the FRC estimated that the range would be 75% to 109% if commercial and/or privately contracted food distribution were included,” and “157% if the higher estimate was used.”
Fox Information Virtual contacted both IPC and FEWS NET about the differences between their latest reviews. The IPC noted that FRC analysts were not able to respond as they were working on final records due for release on 25 June regarding conditions across Gaza.
A Palestinian woman works in a makeshift kitchen in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on June 20, 2024. (Omar al-Qatta/AFP using Getty Pictures)
FEWS NET identified that while the FRC had urged that there was not enough evidence to address barriers to accessing assistance, FEWS NET “found significant challenges in both physical and financial access.”
FEWS NET defined, “Analysis of acute food insecurity does not (and should) consider access to and use of available food, not just the available supply.
FEWS NET additionally noted that “FEWS NET’s estimate of kilocalories available from food aid was combined with kilocalories available from subsidized bread from (World Food Program (WFP)) supported bakeries and (Coordinator of Government Activities in Israel’s Territories) When combined with FEWS NET’s estimate of -convenient commercial/private sector food items, the difference between FEWS NET and FRC estimates is not significant. FEWS NET estimates that these three sources combined will produce approximately 150 kg food items in the month of April. Provide % calorie supply.
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Eggs are sold at a boulevard market in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on June 21, 2024. (Majdi Fathi/TPS-IL)
On the other hand, Adesnik pointed out that the latest assessment of FEWS NET did not include energy purchased through World Food Program (WFP) bread or industrial and private sector food, noting that the FRC found that “FEWS NET only Ignored the 940 tons of sugar, flour, salt and yeast that the World Food Program gave to northern Gaza bakeries The tone of the FRC review is always respectful, yet it highlights the extent to which FEWS NET has ignored the inevitable Perceptions that undermine Israel’s efforts to get more food to the people of northern Gaza.”
Opportunity Adesnik said that without question “hunger persists in northern Gaza and there is a deep need for humanitarian assistance,” he also said that the “profound difference” between FEWS NET and FRC’s tests “reflects the subjectivity inherent in famine assessments.” Underlines, as well, the possibility of politicization.”
For example, Adesnik said that the rarity of humanitarian aid reaching Gazans was “an integral part of the charges” that the World Prison Court brought against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Galant in May. After 20 they issued arrest warrants for the boys. The ICC believes that Netanyahu and Gallant “bear criminal responsibility” for conflict crimes and crimes against humanity. One of the charges the men face is that they are “planning to use hunger as a method of struggle.”
Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program (United Nations via Reuters Connect/File)
Adesnik said that “regardless of whether the situation in Gaza has escalated since the famine was declared prematurely, or because Israel facilitated dramatically additional shipments of food in March and April, Provided, this shows how ridiculous the ICC’s allegations are.”
Fox News Digital contacted the ICC to ask if they would change their assessment that Israeli authorities knowingly starved Gazans based on the FRC’s findings about food availability in April, before the charges were filed. The ICC responded to its statement announcing war crimes charges against Israeli and Hamas leaders to Fox News Digital.
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IDF forces have been seen active in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. (IDF Spokesperson’s Office)
Other organizations have similarly been hesitant to admit that the serious threats described as “imminent” in March have not materialized.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and WFP’s Hunger Hotspots outlook on food insecurity from June to October states that “In Palestine, more than 1 million families – part of the Gaza Strip crowd – are feared dead and Hunger (IPC Section 5) till mid-July.”
In response to Fox News Digital’s question whether FAO planned to amend its report based on the latest information from the FRC on food availability in Gaza, the FAO news team said the organization plans to revise its assessment. Will wait until the FRC releases its updated report.
United Nations and World Health Organization humanitarian aid trucks wait to enter the central Gaza Strip on April 25, 2024. (Majdi Fathi/TPS)
A State Department spokesperson responded to Fox News requests for comment about the discrepancies between FEWS NET and FRC reporting, expressing concern about “the rapid onset of food shortages for more than 2 million families and That we lack faith.” Always Observable.” Noting that neither the FRC nor FEWS NET confirmed that famine was ongoing, the spokesperson said that “Gaza is in a serious food security emergency, with disproportionate rates of undernutrition among children and related disease and deaths. has a higher limit. “And the whole level of measurement and the initial danger is to push for action now and not wait until it is too late, and we have certainly reached a threshold.”
The increased aid entering Gaza in recent weeks has been hampered by cigarette smuggling, which “now threatens United Nations aid convoys.” According to Israel’s TPS news agency, the UN is believed to have stopped taking aid due to attacks on convoys carrying the coveted cigarettes.
Citing the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), TPS reported that 285 aid trucks were transferred to the Gaza Strip from the Kerem Shalom and Erez crossings. Of these, “the best 88 aid vans were mobilized through United Nations aid agencies and the individual sector.” According to COGAT, “over 1,000 vans” and “a large number of aid pallets” are awaiting collection and distribution.
“The UN must step up,” COGAT posted online on June 20, sharing an aerial video of unclaimed aid at the JLOTS collection and distribution complex.
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People buy food at a market in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, June 21, 2024. (Majdi Fathi/TPS-IL)
Matthew Hollingsworth, WFP’s country director for Palestinians, recently said in an interview with CNN that “In the context of our operations, we have been in a position to order additional food into the north over the last few weeks, which has escalated ” There is a right to access simple food items for the family, but we need to diversify the assistance given, there is no longer an abundance of simple food items, there must be clean health assistance, otherwise, we would have benefited from famine. But don’t bend the curve.”
A WFP spokesperson did not respond to Fox Information Virtual’s request for comment on whether Hollingsworth believes famine is approaching in Gaza.
As various organizations are indicating that Israel’s efforts to help civilian populations have been cut short, the FRC’s assessment is consistent with a study of teachers and community fitness officials in Israel, which found that Israeli forces entering the Gaza Strip Aid can only work for the crowd. 24 lakhs and fulfill his dietary wishes.
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