The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Maj. Gen. Rassan Alyan, published a sharp response report on Friday to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) organization's food security index report that officially declared famine in the the Gaza Strip, forcefully rejecting the claim that famine exists in the Gaza Strip.
Alyan argued the report relies on "severe factual and methodological gaps" and use of information sources that are "biased and interested parties originating from Hamas." According to him, the report depends on unpublished phone surveys, UNRWA assessments "some of whose employees are Hamas terror operatives" and local non-governmental organizations.
The IPC just published a tailor-made report to fit Hamas's fake campaign.
They twisted their own rules, lowered famine thresholds, and ignored death-rate criteria — all to smear Israel with lies. pic.twitter.com/1eJkDX3k9M— Israel Foreign Ministry (@IsraelMFA) August 22, 2025
"Previous reports and assessments by the IPC have repeatedly been proven inaccurate and do not reflect the reality on the ground. The report deliberately disregards data that was provided to its authors in a meeting held prior to its publication, and completely overlooks the efforts made in recent weeks to stabilize the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip," he wrote on the COGAT X handle. "The IPC report is based on partial and unreliable sources, many of them affiliated with Hamas, and blatantly ignores the facts and the extensive humanitarian efforts led by the State of Israel and its international partners. Instead of providing a professional, neutral, and responsible assessment, the report adopts a biased approach riddled with severe methodological flaws, thereby undermining its credibility and the trust the international community is able to place in it. We expect the international community to act responsibly and not be swept away by false narratives and unfounded propaganda, but rather to examine the complete data and the facts on the ground."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to take over Gaza City (Reuters/Amir Cohen; Oren Ben Hakoon)
The IPC hunger index report determined that in Gaza City there is famine at level five out of five – the highest level, and it could spread. The report states there is death from starvation in Gaza City, and between May and Friday the number of people suffering from malnutrition doubled, with the threshold for declaring famine crossed.
If immediate actions are not taken there will be widespread death, and more than half a million face catastrophic conditions, the report stated. This is the fifth famine declaration ever by the hunger index established twenty years ago, and the first time in the Middle East. UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk defined the famine in Gaza as a direct result of Israeli government actions, and stated that deaths from starvation in Gaza might be considered a war crime of intentional killing.
COGAT emphasized that since May, over 10,000 aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip through the UN, international organizations and the private sector, with 80% containing food. It added that the operations led to a significant increase in food availability and accessibility, a sharp drop in food prices in markets and improvement in its availability to the population.
Alyan accused the IPC of "blatant disregard" for the continuous increase in food, water and medical aid supplies, and claimed the report "serves Hamas' propaganda campaign." He added that the report "harms the ability of decision-makers in the international community to understand the situation in the Gaza Strip fully."
The Israeli Foreign Ministry also lambased the IPC, saying it published "a tailor-made fabricated report to fit Hamas' fake campaign." It further wrote on X: "Unbelievably, the IPC twisted its own rules and ignored its own criteria just to produce false accusations against Israel: the IPC changed its own global standard, cutting the 30% threshold to 15% for this report only, and totally ignoring its second criterion of death rate, solely to serve Hamas's fake campaign. The entire IPC document is based on Hamas lies laundered through organizations with vested interests. There is no famine in Gaza. "
