Disclaimer: This article contains discussions of sensitive issues, including childhood illness and starvation.
The Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said that a pictures of a Gazan youth being portrayed as starving is actually suffering from a genetic disease in a post on X/Twitter on Thursday.
Abdul Qader al-Fayoumi, 14, was treated in Israel in 2018 for his disease, which COGAT did not specify.
COGAT denounced Hamas's "twisted agenda" of "cynically exploiting" sick Gazans, and blamed international media for believing it.
Israel continues medical evacuations from Gaza, COGAT confirmed, stating that 180 patients and their escorts were transferred from Gaza to treatment in the European Union and Jordan on Wednesday.
COGAT's post follows The New York Times amending its article that detailed starvation in Gaza on Tuesday to include that a similar child featured in the story and its front page, Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, had a preexisting medical condition that impacts his appearance.
Morocco joins other countries in increasing aid deliveries
A cargo plane owned by the Royal Moroccan Air Force landed in Ben-Gurion Airport on Thursday morning with humanitarian aid for Gaza which will be delivered via trucks.
Bahrain requested to join the list of countries providing humanitarian aid to Gaza, an Arab source familiar with the matter told N12 on Thursday morning.
Israel is currently reviewing the request, and Bahrain is likely to begin joining airdrop operations next week, the report added.
Currently, the UAE, Egypt, and Jordan are the only countries assisting Israel in providing aid, but approval has been given to Germany, Spain, Belgium, and France, according to the report.
Shir Perets contributed to this report.