America-Backed Aid Agency Pulls Report on Gaza After U.S. Ambassador Exposes Data as ‘Inaccurate’ and ‘Outdated’ 

‘​​At a time when inaccurate information is causing confusion and accusations, it is irresponsible to issue a report like this,’ the American Ambassador to Israel says in a rare statement.

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Humanitarian aid waiting to be picked up on the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom aid crossing at the Gaza Strip. AP/Ohad Zwigenberg

An America-backed famine monitoring agency is rescinding a report alleging that Israel created a near-total blockade of humanitarian and commercial food supplies to Northern Gaza after the American Ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, rebuffed the allegations as “inaccurate” and “irresponsible.” 

The report, issued Monday by the U.S. Agency for International Development-backed Famine Early Warning Systems Network, claimed that Israel was furthering a “famine scenario” in North Gaza by blocking aid to between 65,000 and 75,000 civilians in the area. 

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