EXCLUSIVE: Rumors of a looming famine in Gaza have been making waves across social media and global news outlets. However, recent data reviewed by Fox News Digital, sourced from the United Nations, the Board of Peace, and the Israeli military, paints a contrasting picture.
The statistics, presented during a session of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC)—a body responsible for coordinating international assistance to Palestinians—were characterized as being derived from U.N. reports by the Board of Peace.
According to this data, the number of children aged 6 to 59 months receiving treatment for acute malnutrition surged from 2,807 in January 2025 to a high of 17,384 in August 2025, before dropping significantly to 3,043 by March 2026, representing a decrease of approximately 83%.
These figures stand in stark contrast to the widespread narrative of a severe famine in Gaza that has been gaining momentum in international media, influencing global perceptions and pressuring Israel.
Images show Gazans collecting food aid dropped by Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. (TPS-IL)
The data further reveals that the majority of the remaining malnutrition cases are now deemed “moderate” or are associated with chronic medical or genetic conditions that necessitate ongoing care.
Separate figures presented at the same meeting, collected by the Board of Peace, show a sharp increase in humanitarian aid delivery following the establishment of the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in October 2025. The U.S.-led, multinational hub, located in Israel, is designed to manage post-war Gaza stabilization.
The Civil-Military Coordination Center oversees aid delivery, monitors a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, and coordinates efforts with 60 nations and organizations.
The figures show weekly truck deliveries into Gaza rose from approximately 1,300 to 4,200, while the percentage of trucks diverted en route dropped from roughly 90% to just 1% post-Civil-Military Coordination Center.
The number of people reached with food assistance increased from about 400,000 before the Civil-Military Coordination Center was established to approximately 2.1 million post-coordination center.
And yet, April has seen a spike in messaging alleging “engineered starvation” in Gaza, according to HonestReporting, a U.S.-based pro-Israel media watchdog, with the narrative spreading from Hamas-linked channels to mainstream platforms in a matter of days.
“On April 13, our team began seeing posts about soda and Nutella entering Gaza at the same time that Doctors Without Borders accused Israel of trying to ‘destroy the conditions of life,’” said Jacki Alexander, CEO of HonestReporting. “We used our proprietary AI tool to identify whether this was part of a broader pattern, and that analysis formed the basis of our memo.”
“Since then, we’ve seen continued use of famine-related language across social media and ideologically aligned outlets,” Alexander said. “Content claiming mass starvation has reached millions of views, and the narrative has expanded to include allegations about blocked medical supplies.”
The HonestReporting report said the messaging quickly escalated, with viral posts claiming bakeries were shutting down, food supplies were critically low and an “entire generation” of children faced irreversible harm. The narrative, claimed the report, was further reinforced by coverage in outlets including Drop Site News, Middle East Eye, Mondoweiss and Al Jazeera English.
“Hamas understands that its best leverage exists in the information war,” Alexander said.
“That’s why we developed these tools — to document narrative warfare and create a blueprint to dismantle it,” Alexander told Fox News Digital.
President Donald Trump participates in a charter announcement for his Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts during the 56th annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Richard Goldberg, a senior advisor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies nonprofit, said, “What we’re seeing is a recurring pattern in this conflict where the humanitarian narrative is being weaponized.”
Goldberg argued that the timing of the famine claims is tied to growing pressure on Hamas to disarm and to broader diplomatic efforts involving the United States, Arab states and international partners.
“One of those weapons is trying to resurrect a narrative of famine,” he said.
Hamas is seeking to “undermine” a coalition involved in shaping Gaza’s post-war future, according to Goldberg, and prevent consensus around next steps.
“Hamas is the isolated party, and they do not want to disarm,” he said.
Goldberg said that, unlike earlier stages of the war, the current environment makes it harder for such claims to take hold.
“You now have months of ceasefire, and the U.N. and other partners have been directly involved in the humanitarian effort,” he said.
“They all have the data… and they are all in a position where there’s a brick wall Hamas is going to find for its disinformation tactics,” he added.
Personnel work at the U.S.-led Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on Nov. 19, 2025, coordinating with Israeli counterparts to monitor the Gaza truce. (Ahikam Seri/AFP)
“What worked against just Israel a year ago cannot work as well against an entire coalition,” Goldberg said.
A senior Israeli military official told Fox News Digital that during the ceasefire, humanitarian throughput into Gaza averaged roughly 600 trucks per day, far above what the official said U.N. planning models estimated was required to meet baseline food needs.
“According to the U.N., it’s somewhere between 115 to 130 trucks a day,” the official said, while emphasizing that recent aid levels have significantly exceeded that threshold.
The official said that despite temporary disruptions during the Iran conflict, crossings quickly reopened and aid volumes returned to high levels, arguing that current famine allegations are “completely false.”
“It’s impossible with the amount of aid that is going in,” the official said. “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 Fox News Digital that Israel’s defense establishment believes Hamas is attempting to exploit global attention shifting toward Iran and Lebanon by pushing renewed humanitarian collapse narratives about Gaza.
Hamas has repeatedly sought throughout the war to portray “a deliberately false narrative of the collapse of the humanitarian system” in Gaza in order to increase international pressure on Israel and shape negotiations, according to COGAT.
World Food Programme aid is positioned at the Erez crossing on the Israel-Gaza border, according to an IDF spokesman. (IDF Spokesman)
A security official said Hamas intensifies such campaigns whenever diplomatic pressure rises.
“Hamas is trying to stall for time and is using 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 in order to secure international support through fabricated crises.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the United Nations and the World Food Programme for comment.
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