The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched renewed operations this weekend in northern Gaza, advancing into the Jabaliya area — a known Hamas stronghold near Gaza City — despite escalating international accusations that Israel’s military campaign amounts to “genocide.”
The Israeli government and opposition leaders on Friday rejected new claims from the United Nations that “famine” has struck northern Gaza, dismissing the report as based on flawed data and Hamas-linked sources. The UN cited a report from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), which Israel condemned for relying on biased information.
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a U.N.-affiliated watchdog, altered its methodology in July to make it easier to declare famine in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that his government is considering suing the New York Times for defamation, accusing the paper of publishing a front-page photo that falsely claimed to depict a starving Palestinian child in Gaza. Netanyahu said the child, Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub, actually suffers from cerebral palsy, and that his family members shown in the image appeared healthy and well-fed.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a stark warning Wednesday, August 7, stressing that global attention on Gaza’s humanitarian situation is dangerously eclipsing the urgent need to rescue hostages held by Hamas.
