A UN-backed assessment has said that Gaza’s population of around two point one million Palestinians is at “critical risk” of famine and faces “extreme levels of food insecurity”; as an Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid continues.
The latest report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification said there had been a “major deterioration” since October 2024, but concluded famine was not currently occurring.
The report said the two-month ceasefire between Israel and Hamas “led to a temporary reprieve” in Gaza, but renewed hostilities and an Israeli blockade on aid, which is ongoing since early March, had “reversed” any improvements.
