As local officials reported more deaths from malnutrition, Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized on Sunday that Israel is not using famine as a cynical tactic and disputed that there is starvation in Gaza.

As supplies started to pour into the besieged enclave, the Israeli prime minister told a conference in Jerusalem, “There is no policy of starvation in Gaza and there is no starvation in Gaza.”

As part of efforts to allow the humanitarian flow, the IDF yesterday established ten-hour daily restricted pauses in three populous areas of Gaza.

Israel reported today that on the first day of the partial halt, the United Nations and other assistance organizations had delivered over 120 truckloads of food aid.

Nevertheless, Israel is still under pressure after the World Health Organization (WHO) called the situation “man-made mass starvation.”

The UK and 27 other nations supported the viewpoint, denouncing