Shafaq News/ A leading global food crisismonitoring organization withdrew a recent report this week, warning of animminent famine in northern Gaza due to a "nearly complete Israeliblockade.”
The organization withdrew the report “atthe request of the United States,” according to US officials speaking to theAssociated Press. This decision followed public criticism from the USAmbassador to Israel, who called the warning issued by the internationallyrecognized organization “inaccurate and irresponsible."
In response, prominent figures in therelief and human rights sectors accused the US-funded Famine Early WarningSystems Network, which provides data-driven analyses by impartial internationalexperts, of being "politicized."
Meanwhile, the US Embassy in Israel and theState Department declined to comment, while officials from the Famine EarlyWarning Systems Network did not respond to inquiries.
Declaring a famine, according to reports,would have been “highly embarrassing” for Israel, which insists that itsongoing 15-month war in Gaza targets Hamas, not the civilian population.However, Israeli actions have resulted in the deaths of over 45,399 people,including 17,492 children, according to the Al-Jazeera tracker.
Continued Israeli Hostilities in Gaza
On Friday, media outlets reported thatIsraeli forces stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, forcing thoseinside to leave and assemble in the courtyard. The troops then proceeded tosearch the injured and patients. Reports indicated that 350 people were inside,including 75 injured individuals and patients, their companions, and 180medical staff and workers from various hospital departments.
Additionally, the Israeli militarydetonated two explosive-laden “robots” near Al-Awda Hospital in Tel al-Zaatar,northern Gaza, and opened heavy fire directly at the hospital's facilities anddepartments.
Israeli forces also targeted a house in theSabra neighborhood of southern Gaza City, reportedly killing five people andinjuring three others. They also bombed a house in the Shuja'iyya neighborhoodof eastern Gaza City, killing four people.
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