State of Palestine

Intense conflict, shattered livelihoods and the collapse of essential services continue to leave families in Gaza highly vulnerable to hunger.

More than nine months into an extremely fragile ceasefire, 1.4 million people – two thirds of the population – are still facing crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity.

Each month in Gaza, the World Food Programme (WFP) reaches around 1.5 million people with food parcels, wheat flour, bread, hot meals, healthy school snacks, nutrition services and cash. This assistance remains a lifeline.

Food security has improved modestly. However, if current levels of humanitarian food assistance are not sustained, up to 90 percent of the population could face high levels of acute food insecurity by the end of the year.

Most people in Gaza have been displaced multiple times and are living amid insecurity, damaged homes, poor sanitation and limited access to safe water. With 80 percent of people still unemployed, many cannot afford the fresh vegetables, fruit, protein and cooking fuel they need for a healthy diet.

In the West Bank, escalating violence, movement restrictions and a deepening economic downturn are pushing more families into crisis. An estimated 900,000 people are food insecure, and one third of families cannot afford a nutritious diet.

WFP urgently needs US$426 million from July to December 2026 to continue supporting more than 2 million people in Gaza and the West Bank, and to prevent the fragile gains made since the ceasefire from being lost.