Overview
- Gaza is no longer classified in famine by the IPC, with the entire Strip now in Emergency (Phase 4) through mid-April 2026.
- Roughly 1.5–1.6 million people face crisis-level food insecurity or worse, and the UN estimates over 75% of residents remain exposed to critical hunger.
- The IPC warns the gains are fragile, with a worst-case return to famine possible if hostilities resume or aid and commercial flows are disrupted.
- Israeli officials dispute the IPC analysis, citing 600–800 aid trucks entering daily—about 70% carrying food—while the IPC says its totals include UN and commercial deliveries.
- Aid groups report improved access and more meals than in midyear, yet displacement, poor shelter, health and sanitation gaps, and projections of over 100,000 acutely malnourished young children sustain severe needs.