Ambassador Leiter Mocks UN Over Gaza Hunger Claims

Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter took aim at the United Nations over its shifting narrative on Gaza, questioning how the body could report an “obesity problem” in the territory just a day after warning of mass starvation. “The UN says Gaza has an obesity problem. Yesterday, there was a hunger problem. How does that work?” Leiter said, according to his remarks circulated online. The ambassador’s comment reflects growing frustration among Israeli officials with international bodies they accuse of amplifying unverified claims about conditions in Gaza without scrutiny. Leiter has been a vocal critic of what he calls a coordinated effort to discredit Israel through inflated or contradictory humanitarian statistics, arguing that such reporting fuels what he terms a modern-day blood libel against the Jewish state.