Famine has been confirmed in Gaza Governorate and is projected to expand to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis governorates by the end of September.

The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) indicates that over half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions (IPC Phase 5), characterized by starvation, destitution and death. Over 1 million more are facing Emergency levels of food insecurity.

Relentless conflict, the collapse of essential services and severe limitations on the delivery and distribution of humanitarian assistance have led to desperate conditions across the Gaza Strip.

Acute malnutrition is projected to continue worsening rapidly, with at least 132,000 children aged under 5 at risk of death through to June 2026. This number has doubled compared to the IPC estimates in May 2025.

More than one in three people are now going days at a time without eating

A ceasefire is urgently needed. The amount of food delivered to date is a tiny fraction of what a population of over 2 million people need to survive.

WFP has the food, experienced teams on the ground and proven systems to respond at scale. 

We call on all parties and the international community to ensure the instant, safe delivery of life-saving food.

What the World Food Programme is doing to respond to the Palestinian emergency

Food and cash assistance

Over 1,800 trucks have been dispatched to reach starving civilians inside Gaza, since border crossings reopened to aid on 21 May 2025. However, this is a tiny fraction of what a population of over 2 million people need to survive. Just to cover basic humanitarian food assistance needs, more than 62,000 metric tons is required every month. In the West Bank, WFP is providing monthly cash vouchers to more than 190,500 people.

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