Previously we discussed a BBC News website ‘live page’ devoted to the topic of the latest report from The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).
Additional BBC News website reporting on that topic published on August 22nd began with the following item:
“Famine in Gaza City is ‘failure of humanity’, UN chief says” by Tom Bennett (originally titled “Famine confirmed in Gaza City for first time, UN-backed report says”)
“The United Nations chief has described the famine confirmed in Gaza City and its surrounding areas as a “failure of humanity”. […]
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) says more than half a million people across Gaza are facing “catastrophic” conditions characterised by “starvation, destitution and death”. […]
The IPC says that an “immediate, at-scale response” is needed or there will be an “unacceptable escalation” in famine-related deaths.
It predicts that between mid-August and the end of September, famine will expand across the strip to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis.”
Notably, Bennett has nothing to tell BBC audiences about the criticisms of the methodology behind the IPC’s report, stating only:
“The report was labelled an “outright lie” by Israel, which has denied there is starvation in the territory.”
Bennett did however find it appropriate to promote false allegations concerning the ‘restriction’ of aid and a problematic BBC report from August 14th:
“The UN says Israel is continuing to restrict the amount of aid entering Gaza, which Israel also denies.
Its denials are in direct contradiction to what more than 100 humanitarian groups, witnesses on the ground, multiple UN bodies, and several of Israel’s allies, including the UK, have said.”