An upcoming report by a UN-backed famine monitor on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip does not include input or responses from the Israeli body responsible for coordinating the entry of goods into the enclave, the unit said Wednesday.

According to the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, or COGAT, the IPC famine monitoring organization failed to contact it or the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center for relevant information, with the report ostensibly set to be published this week.

The IPC did not immediately respond to a request for comment on COGAT’s allegation that it did not contact the Israeli agency or the CMCC for their input, or coordinate with COGAT on the expected timing of its next report, which would be the first since a ceasefire was reached in Gaza in October.

In mid-November, an IPC representative told The Times of Israel that an updated report was expected soon, but none has yet been published.

A spokesman for the Israel-based CMCC, which is staffed by foreign military officials and works closely with UN aid organizations, did not respond to a request for confirmation.

In a press update on Wednesday, COGAT stated that the number of trucks with food aid entering Gaza every week far exceeded the territory’s nutritional requirements, as determined by the World Food Program and previously cited by the IPC itself.

COGAT also cited data from the Palestinian Authority demonstrating that food prices have dropped sharply in Gaza, reflective of the increase in the supply of goods, and asserted that it was ensuring the provision of sufficient winter supplies, such as tents, tarpaulins, winter clothes and other........

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