The United States remains silent regarding the Gaza famine report.

The report issued by the Food Security Expert Committee, revealing a famine in parts of Gaza, has sparked outrage among many European countries, with the exception of the United States, the main supporter of Israel.

A group of international experts announced on Friday that the city of Gaza and its surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, nearly two years into the ongoing war and continuous blockade that has prevented Israel from allowing most food and other aid into the Gaza Strip.

The group, relied upon by the United Nations and relief agencies to monitor and classify global hunger crises, stated that at least half a million people in the Gaza Governorate are facing the most severe conditions measured: hunger, acute malnutrition, and death.

The White House and the U.S. State Department have not yet commented on the report, which blamed Israeli restrictions on aid, among other factors, for the famine. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the report on Friday as a "blatant lie," stating that Israel has "made unprecedented efforts to enable aid to reach enemy territory."

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, echoed what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on social media. He wrote on X: "Tons of food have entered Gaza, but Hamas savages stole it, and they ate large amounts of it to the point of obesity."

The issuance of the report capped a week in which the Trump administration supported Netanyahu's government on several issues or remained largely silent, even as many of Israel's allies increasingly condemned its actions in harsh terms.

Last week, the Israeli occupying government approved a settlement project in the central occupied West Bank, which Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said "buries the idea of a Palestinian state." In defiance of international calls to end the war, Netanyahu's government is moving forward with a plan to invade the city of Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinian citizens have taken refuge.

Experts believe that U.S. pressure is one of the few remaining levers that could convince Netanyahu to change Israel's behavior in the nearly two-year war on Gaza. Aaron David Miller, a former U.S. diplomat who participated in negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians during the 1990s, stated on a local Washington radio station that Netanyahu "is clearly more comfortable with the fact that Donald Trump will not impose costs or consequences that would exert real pressure" on Israel.

At times, U.S. President Donald Trump seemed willing to distance himself from Netanyahu, having struck a deal with Iran-backed Houthis (according to the U.S.) to stop attacks on ships, and negotiating directly with Hamas to secure the release of American hostages. In late July, he publicly stated that he believed there was a famine in Gaza, but Trump and Netanyahu have now become increasingly aligned on Gaza, as Trump focuses his attention on efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

After seven months of the Trump administration, ordinary residents of Gaza are facing one of their toughest moments since the war began in October 2023. According to relief agencies, severe hunger is widespread. Tess Ingram, a spokesperson for UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, stated on Friday: "This is not a crisis of a few isolated children; every child is at risk."

After months of warnings, the "Integrated Food Security Phase Classification," a committee of food security experts supported by the United Nations, announced on Friday that it found that the city of Gaza and its surrounding areas are suffering from famine. The report warned that central and southern Gaza may also face famine by September.

Israel has confirmed that it is doing its utmost to deliver food to Gaza, noting that prices in local markets have decreased since Israel began pumping more aid into the sector in late July. Israeli officials claimed they allowed sufficient quantities of food into Gaza, but relief agencies were unable to distribute it properly.

Israel and the United States have also supported their own initiative to provide aid in Gaza through the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)," which has faced severe criticism, as American security contractors oversee the distribution of food boxes at sites behind Israeli military lines. The Israeli occupation army has killed more than 1,400 aid seekers at the four distribution centers of the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)," according to reports from health officials in Gaza, officials from international relief organizations, and even from the contractors themselves.

Many of Israel's other traditional allies, including Britain, have expressed skepticism about Israel's response to the report.