Avi Issacharoff, co-creator of Netflix's "Fauda", publicly attacked actor Mark Ruffalo for calling Israel's conduct in Gaza a genocide, branding him "stupid" and "ignorant" at a London fundraising event for the Tel Aviv University Trust. Issacharoff argued the term was inapplicable because Israel allows food and supply trucks into Gaza daily and because more Palestinians have reportedly been born than killed during the war, but experts note neither point determines whether genocide has legally occurred, since the 1948 Genocide Convention hinges on intent to destroy a group "in whole or in part" rather than net population change.

Issacharoff's truck figure of around 600 daily deliveries echoes Israeli government data from after the October 2025 ceasefire, though UN agencies including OCHA have documented continued restrictions, delays and distribution failures, describing the humanitarian situation as "critical" in an August report. He did not cite a source for his birth-versus-death claim, though UNICEF figures suggest the maths could work depending on the period used, alongside reports of roughly 71,800 Palestinians killed since October 2023. No international court has ruled that Israel has committed genocide, with South Africa's case still pending at the ICJ, but a UN Human Rights Council commission concluded in September 2025 that Israeli authorities had committed four of the five acts defined under the Genocide Convention.