Overview

• United Nations agencies report that Gaza has met two of three famine criteria, noting sharp declines in food consumption and a surge in acute malnutrition and related deaths among children.
• NBC News cited multiple U.S. officials in reporting that Trump interrupted and shouted at Netanyahu during a July 28 call after the prime minister dismissed evidence of starvation as fabricated by Hamas.
• Netanyahu’s office issued a statement branding the allegation of a shouting match as “total fake news” and reaffirmed its position that there is no deliberate policy of starvation in Gaza.
• On July 27 in Scotland, Trump contradicted Netanyahu’s public denial by saying he had seen images of hungry children in Gaza and declaring “there is real starvation there — you can’t fake that.”
• President Trump has proposed that the U.S. and European allies establish food centers in Gaza to expedite the delivery of lifesaving aid.