A new UN-backed nutrition survey found exceptionally low levels of acute malnutrition among children in Gaza, challenging allegations of famine in the Strip. The survey was conducted under the coordination of the Nutrition Cluster, the UNICEF-led body that oversees Gaza’s nutrition surveillance system. According to the survey, acute malnutrition, as measured by WHZ, ranged from 0.2% to 0.8% across Gaza’s regions. A year earlier, the Famine Review Committee of the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system issued a famine designation to characterize conditions in Gaza. Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon cited the latest survey on Thursday, saying it demonstrated that claims of famine in Gaza were collapsing.