(SeaPRwire) – EXCLUSIVE: While social media and international news outlets are increasingly reporting claims of a famine in Gaza, new data reviewed by Digital from the United Nations, the Board of Peace, and the Israeli military presents a significantly different picture.
These figures were presented at a meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC), an organization that coordinates international aid to Palestinians, by the Board of Peace, which stated they were based on UN reporting.
According to the data, the number of children aged 6 to 59 months admitted for acute malnutrition treatment saw a substantial increase from 2,807 cases in January 2025 to a peak of 17,384 in August 2025. However, this number has since declined steadily to 3,043 in March 2026, representing an approximately 83% reduction.
These figures contradict the rapidly spreading narrative of widespread famine in Gaza, a claim that is gaining traction in global media and influencing international pressure on Israel.
The dataset also indicates that the majority of the remaining malnutrition cases are now categorized as “moderate” or are associated with chronic medical and genetic conditions that require ongoing support.
In parallel, separate figures shared at the same meeting, compiled by the Board of Peace, show a significant rise in humanitarian aid delivery following the establishment of the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in October 2025. This U.S.-led, multinational hub, situated in Israel, is tasked with managing post-war stabilization in Gaza.
The Civil-Military Coordination Center is responsible for overseeing aid distribution, monitoring a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, and coordinating efforts with 60 countries and organizations.
The data reveals that weekly truck deliveries into Gaza increased from approximately 1,300 to 4,200, while the percentage of trucks diverted en route decreased from roughly 90% to just 1% after the CMCC’s establishment.
The number of individuals receiving food assistance rose from about 400,000 before the CMCC was operational to approximately 2.1 million afterward.
Despite these developments, April has witnessed a surge in messaging alleging “engineered starvation” in Gaza, according to HonestReporting, a U.S.-based pro-Israel media watchdog. This narrative has rapidly spread from Hamas-linked channels to mainstream platforms.
“On April 13, our team began noticing posts about soda and Nutella entering Gaza concurrently with Doctors Without Borders accusing Israel of attempting to ‘destroy the conditions of life,’” stated Jacki Alexander, CEO of HonestReporting. “We utilized our proprietary AI tool to determine if this was part of a larger pattern, and that analysis formed the basis of our memo.”
“Since then, we have observed the continued use of famine-related language across social media and ideologically aligned publications,” Alexander added. “Content claiming mass starvation has garnered millions of views, and the narrative has expanded to include accusations about blocked medical supplies.”
The HonestReporting report indicated that the messaging escalated quickly, with viral posts alleging bakery closures, critically low food supplies, and irreversible harm to an “entire generation” of children. The report claims this narrative was further amplified by coverage from outlets including Drop Site News, Middle East Eye, Mondoweiss, and Al Jazeera English.
“Hamas understands that its most effective leverage lies in the information war,” Alexander commented.
“That is why we developed these tools — to document narrative warfare and create a blueprint to dismantle it,” Alexander told Digital.
In an interview with Digital, Richard Goldberg, a senior advisor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies nonprofit, stated, “What we are witnessing is a recurring pattern in this conflict where the humanitarian narrative is being weaponized.”
Goldberg argued that the timing of the famine claims is linked to increasing pressure on Hamas to disarm and to broader diplomatic efforts involving the United States, Arab states, and international partners.
“One of those weapons is the attempt to revive a famine narrative,” he said.
According to Goldberg, Hamas is aiming to “undermine” a coalition involved in shaping Gaza’s post-war future and to prevent consensus on subsequent steps.
“Hamas is the isolated party, and they are unwilling to disarm,” he asserted.
Goldberg noted that, unlike earlier phases of the war, the current environment makes it more challenging for such claims to gain traction.
“We have now had months of ceasefire, and the UN and other partners have been directly involved in the humanitarian effort,” he explained.
“They all possess the data… and they are all in a position where Hamas will encounter a brick wall for its disinformation tactics,” he added.
“What was effective against just Israel a year ago cannot be as effective against an entire coalition,” Goldberg concluded.
A senior Israeli military official informed Digital that during the ceasefire, humanitarian throughput into Gaza averaged approximately 600 trucks per day, significantly exceeding what the official stated UN planning models estimated was necessary to meet baseline food requirements.
“According to the UN, it’s somewhere between 115 to 130 trucks a day,” the official said, while emphasizing that recent aid levels have substantially surpassed this threshold.
The official stated that despite temporary disruptions during the Iran conflict, crossings were quickly reopened, and aid volumes returned to high levels, asserting that current famine allegations are “completely false.”
“It is impossible with the amount of aid that is entering,” the official stated. “There is no shortage of food in the Gaza Strip for an extended period.”
Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) similarly told Digital that Israel’s defense establishment believes Hamas is attempting to capitalize on global attention shifting towards Iran and Lebanon by promoting renewed narratives of humanitarian collapse in Gaza.
According to COGAT, Hamas has repeatedly sought throughout the war to present “a deliberately false narrative of the collapse of the humanitarian system” in Gaza to increase international pressure on Israel and influence negotiations.
A security official indicated that Hamas intensifies such campaigns whenever diplomatic pressure escalates.
“Hamas is attempting to stall for time and is employing all means to maintain its grip on power,” the official said. “Whenever negotiations over an agreement take place, Hamas intensifies false campaigns about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip to secure international support through fabricated crises.”
Digital has reached out to the United Nations and the World Food Programme for comment.
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