1.4 Million Gaza Residents Expected To Face Acute Food Insecurity

GENEVA: An estimated 1.4 million Gaza residents are expected to face “high levels of acute food insecurity” until December 2026, up from 1.2 million during the mid-April to June period, despite improvements due to humanitarian aid, reported Anadolu Agency (AA).

Citing the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, the report stated that the number of people facing crisis (Phase 3) or worse is projected to increase to 67 percent of Gaza’s population, while 212,000 people are expected to remain in emergency situations (Phase 4), and all five governorates are classified as being in crisis phase.

The IPC analysis released on Thursday stated that increased humanitarian aid following the October 2025 ceasefire helped improve food security and nutrition, with food assistance reaching approximately 1.49 million people in May.

However, the IPC warned that food supplies remain insufficient, livelihoods have been severely damaged, and 83 percent of households reported having no source of income, forcing most families to rely on external assistance.

The IPC warned that recent progress remains “very fragile” due to declining humanitarian aid since February because of funding constraints and uncertainty regarding the operations of international aid organisations.

According to the IPC, without humanitarian food aid, an estimated 1.9 million people, or about 90 percent of Gaza’s population, would face high levels of acute food insecurity until December.

The analysis also projects that 74,200 children under five years old will require treatment for acute malnutrition by April 2027, including 11,432 severe cases.

Meanwhile, 24,600 pregnant and breastfeeding women require immediate nutritional support.

The IPC urged continued humanitarian access, expansion of nutrition programmes, and a permanent cessation of hostilities to prevent recent progress from being undermined.

BERNAMA-ANADOLU