Israel Aid workers: No more famine in Gaza - but the crisis continues
According to experts, the Gaza Strip is no longer affected by famine.
19.12.2025, 15:30
SDA
However, despite the peace plan and increased aid deliveries, the situation in the area remains critical, according to the IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) initiative, which monitors food crises around the world. Israel rejected the report.
According to the initiative, the situation is better than before due to the peace plan that came into force in October. The armed conflict had decreased significantly. The supply of humanitarian and commercial food deliveries had improved.
Nevertheless, the population of the Gaza Strip is still severely affected by acute malnutrition and food insecurity, the initiative emphasized: "Although humanitarian aid, including food aid, has increased, only the most basic needs for survival are being met."
Partial famine declared in August
In August, a famine was declared for the northern part of the Gaza Strip in accordance with IPC criteria. The affected area was given the highest of five levels - "disaster/famine". According to the latest analysis report, level four ("emergency") now applies again for the entire Gaza Strip. Members of the initiative include almost two dozen United Nations organizations and other aid organizations.
Israel's Foreign Ministry criticized the new report as "distorted". It ignores the fact that an average of between 600 and 800 trucks carrying aid deliveries currently enter the Gaza Strip every day. 600 trucks a day are part of the ceasefire agreement that has been in place for more than two months.
Cogat, the Israeli authority responsible for Palestinian affairs, said: "These quantities exceed the food needs of the population in the Gaza Strip". It spoke of "serious gaps in the data collection" of the IPC report. There is no acute food insecurity in the Gaza Strip. Israel had also declared in the summer after the publication of the IPC report at the time that there was no famine in Gaza.
