Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday criticized the announcement of the integrated classification of food safety phases (IPC) supported by the United Nations (UN), according to which it is in Gaza famine. Netanyahu claims that the famine report in the Palestinian enclave is “absolutely false”. According to the reports of AFP and the news portal The Times of Israel (Toi), TASR reports this.
“Israel does not have a search policy. Israel has a hunger prevention policy,” She said in a statement by the office of Israeli Prime Minister. “The only persons who are deliberately exposed to hunger in Gaza are Israeli hostages,” he claims.
Netanyahu’s office further states that IPC reports ignores the humanitarian efforts of Israel and does not mention a drop in oil prices, sugar, salt, flour, yeast and chickpea in Gaza, which the Prime Minister’s Office attributes to the supply of humanitarian stocks to the Gaza Strip. Toi noted that it is not clear the origin of information about the prices of the food mentioned.
The New York Times, however, wrote a few weeks ago Overview of basic food prices in the Gaza Strip. According to him, before the war stood a kilogram of sugar 89 cents, but last month it cost $ 106. A kilogram of potatoes stood before the war 59 cents, now $ 30. The sack of flour weighing 25 kilograms was sold for ten dollars before the war, in July it was already necessary to pay $ 305.
Referring to the data of the Office for Coordination of Government Activities in Palestinian Territories (Cogat) Netanyahu’s office stated that Since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip, Israel has facilitated the supply of millions of tonnes of aid to this territory.
In a statement, he also claims that Israel and the United States supported by the Humanitarian Foundation for Gaza (GHF), as well as NGOs with the help of Israel, provided millions of portions of warm food with the help of the Palestinian enclave. The office also mentioned the UN data, according to which only ten of the “1012 trucks with help arrived in July and the rest was plundered before the distribution”. Netanyahu’s office accused the UN of refusing to deliver hundreds of food pallets from the Kerem Salom border crossing.
According to the toi office Netanyahua admitted that In Gaza there was a “temporary lack of help”, But “Israel” managed to throw away assistance from aircraft, naval vans, safe transport routes and distribution points by GHF operated by American companies “.
According to the office, the Palestinian militant Hamas movement, which is said to steal them, caused a lack of food. Toi noted that the announcement of the premiere office does not mention this year’s 11 weeks of helping aid by Israel.
