Trump publicly responded the next day that he was \u201cnot particularly convinced\u201d by Netanyahu\u2019s assurance, saying there was \u201creal starvation\u201d in the Strip and adding: \u201cYou can\u2019t fake that.\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The report said that after the comments by Trump, Netanyahu demanded a phone call with the US president, and the two spoke hours later.<\/p>\n During the call, the premier told Trump that the reports of starvation in Gaza had been \u201cfabricated\u201d by Hamas and that hunger was not widespread in the enclave. Trump then interrupted Netanyahu, NBC said, and began yelling, saying that the president\u2019s aides had shown him proof that children in Gaza were starving and that he didn\u2019t want to hear it dismissed as \u201cfake.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tGet The Times of Israel’s Daily Edition \t\t\t\tBy signing up, you agree to the terms<\/a><\/p>\n The report described the conversation as \u201ca direct, mostly one-way conversation about the status of humanitarian aid\u201d in which Trump \u201cwas doing most of the talking,\u201d according to a former US official who was briefed on the call.<\/p>\n The same official added that Washington \u201cnot only feels like the situation is dire, but they own it because of GHF\u201d \u2014 a reference to the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has been set up to oversee the distribution of aid in the devastated enclave, but which has been plagued by daily reports of gunshots and deaths near its sites.<\/p>\n \t Palestinians struggle to get food and humanitarian aid from the back of a truck as it moves along the Morag corridor near Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 4, 2025. (AP\/Mariam Dagga)<\/p>\n According to the report, officials in both the White House and Israel declined to comment on the phone call.<\/p>\n Israel denies the allegations of widespread starvation and has said it makes efforts to allow sufficient aid into Gaza. But facing heavy international pressure, the government recently increased the flow of supplies, after having barred aid for 11 weeks between March and May.<\/p>\n
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