The Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) on Friday criticized a United Nations report on Gaza that said famine had been averted but conditions “remained critical,” calling the assessment “a distorted and baseless picture of reality.”
Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, COGAT's director, said that the claims are "a blatant, biased, and deliberate disregard for the volumes of food that entered during the ceasefire - the distorted conclusions were written in advance."
"Contrary to the claims in the report, between 600-800 aid trucks enter the Gaza Strip every day, approximately 70 percent of which carry food. The remainder carries medical equipment, shelter supplies, tents, clothing, and other essential humanitarian assistance," said a statement by COGAT.
The statement also assured that the IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) report was conducted in a way that "raises serious questions regarding its credibility and professional integrity."
"The authors of the report agreed to meet with Israeli professional officials and representatives of the US Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) only after the report had already been written and its conclusions formulated," COGAT claimed.
IPC determines situation in Gaza 'still critical'
"Following the ceasefire declared on 10 October 2025, food security and nutrition have improved in the Gaza Strip compared to the August 2025 analysis, which detected Famine," read the report published by the UN.
The report assures that the majority of the population in Gaza faces high levels of acute food insecurity, including over 500,000 people facing IPC Phase 4, and more than 100,000 experiencing IPC Phase 5.
"Further, acute malnutrition is at Critical levels (IPC AMN Phase 4) in Gaza Governorate and Serious (IPC AMN Phase 3) in Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis governorates," read the report.
The report also notes that, in a "worst-case scenario" that includes renewed hostilities and a halt to humanitarian and commercial inflows, "the entire Gaza Strip is at risk of Famine through mid-April 2026."
Foreign Ministry slams UN's IPC report
"In the face of overwhelming and unequivocal evidence, even the IPC had to admit that there is no famine in Gaza. Yet the IPC’s report is once again deliberately distorted and doesn’t reflect the reality in the Gaza Strip," said Oren Marmorstein, spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry.
According to Marmorstein, the report relies solely on UN data, which accounts for only 20% of all aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip.
"Just last week, the US Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) reported that more than 30,000 aid trucks have entered the Gaza Strip since the beginning of CMCC activity, yet these facts are of course missing from the IPC report," he said in a statement
"These enormous quantities of aid are reflected in the reality on the ground: between July and November alone, food prices in the Strip fell by more than 80%," the statement concluded.