After CNN falsely reported last June that famine in the Gaza Strip is “imminent,” the network drops a new chapter in its Gaza famine fable. “[F]amine worsens” is the network’s latest development in CNN’s unfolding famine fabrications (“Nearly 80 aid trucks carrying food ransacked in Gaza Saturday, says WFP as famine worsens,” May 31).
In addition to the headline, the article’s first sentence misleads: “Nearly 80 aid trucks traveling through southern and central Gaza were looted by desperate civilians on Saturday, the UN World Food Programme said as famine conditions worsen in the Palestinian enclave.” [Emphasis added.]
Some of the 121 trucks carrying food which crossed through Kerem Shalom into the Gaza Strip following inspection May 28, 2025 (Photo from COGAT’s X account)
While the opening sentence is potentially misleading, the headline is downright false. Indeed, further down in the article, the writers accurately report:
Hunger has spread in Gaza, with UN agencies warning of impending famine without a drastic scaling up of aid entering the territory and being distributed across it. [Emphasis added.]
Thus, according to the UN agencies quoted in CNN’s story, there is not currently famine — worsening or otherwise — but there is risk of famine if stepped up food aid is not forthcoming.
According to the weekly report (May 18-24) of COGAT, the Israeli authority responsible for facilitating aid into the Gaza Strip:
there is no food shortage in Gaza at this time. Food aid truck entries have been conducted in accordance with the situation assessment and in order to prevent any shortages.
In recent days, hundreds of trucks have entered Gaza, including significant quantities of baby food and flour for bakeries. Part of this aid has been collected by UN agencies.
CAMERA has contacted CNN to request a correction. We will update this space with any developments.