Overview
- The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification now places all of Gaza in Phase 4 emergency through mid‑April 2026, with no area meeting Phase 5 famine thresholds.
- Analysts attribute the improvement to October’s ceasefire, reopened routes, and higher volumes of humanitarian and commercial food deliveries.
- The IPC warns that renewed fighting or disrupted aid could push northern Gaza, Gaza governorate, Deir al-Balah, and Khan Younis back toward famine risk in the coming months.
- Israeli officials and COGAT reject the assessment’s portrayal of access, asserting daily aid trucks exceed nutritional requirements, while the IPC and aid groups cite uneven, insufficient access on the ground.
- Humanitarian agencies report most households still face acute food insecurity, affordability gaps, inadequate shelter with winter conditions, and a projection of over 100,000 young children needing treatment for acute malnutrition in the next year.