Overview
- The latest IPC analysis reports no areas of Gaza are currently in famine following the October ceasefire, yet most of the territory remains in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) with about 1.6 million people facing high acute food insecurity.
- The report projects more than 100,000 children and about 37,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women will require treatment for acute malnutrition through 2026, with roughly 1,900 people still in Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) and about 571,000 in Emergency through mid‑April 2026.
- UN leaders warn the gains are fragile and say renewed hostilities or a halt to humanitarian and commercial inflows could quickly drive Gaza back into famine, underscoring the need for a durable ceasefire.
- OCHA says roughly 9,000 metric tons of requested aid were rejected between 10 October and 16 December, as UN agencies urge lifting import restrictions, expanding crossings and commercial flows, and rapidly scaling up funding.
- Winter storms, flooding and damaged water, sanitation, health and shelter systems are heightening disease and hypothermia risks for displaced families, even as UN operations report serving over 1.5 million hot meals daily.