The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) released a new report today on Gaza's famine assessment, which analyst Mark Zlochin criticized in a post on X between 4:45 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. UTC, stating that IPC experts attempted to rationalize previous failed predictions by claiming the famine designation triggered an aid surge. According to Zlochin's post, the IPC report ignores improvements visible weeks earlier, uses higher non-age-adjusted malnutrition figures, anonymizes data providers to obstruct verification against Nutrition Cluster data, and shares new mortality data suggesting hundreds or thousands of natural deaths were classified as war fatalities by the Gaza Health Ministry. Zlochin stated, "Perhaps the most damning indicator of the absurdity of IPC’s fabricated “famine” designation: a random child in a random country is more likely to have died of starvation than a child in Gaza in the middle of a supposed famine." This IPC report follows a World Food Programme update indicating improved food access in Gaza City two months into the ceasefire, with the agency reaching over 1 million people and an IPC assessment due today, as reported in coverage by Drop Site News during the prior reporting window ending at 4:45 a.m. UTC.
