UN warns Gaza food‑security gains are fragile as aid remains constrained

UN agencies—including the FAO, UNICEF and the World Food Programme—report that food security in the Gaza Strip has improved since the October 2025 ceasefire, with food parcels reaching about 1.5 million people in May and nutrition support covering 60 % of children under five. However, the improvements are described as fragile. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) estimates that 1.4 million people, or roughly 67 % of Gaza’s 2.1 million residents, face acute food insecurity, and about 212 000 are in an emergency (Phase 4) situation.

Only the Kerem Shalom crossing remains fully open, restricting the flow of essential goods. The UN warns that any reduction in aid or funding shortfalls—over $420 million needed to sustain operations through year‑end—could quickly reverse the gains. Funding fatigue and rising operational costs are already prompting the World Food Programme to cut cash transfers and halve rations for hundreds of thousands of households. The agencies call for all humanitarian corridors to stay open, immediate removal of Israeli restrictions on medical, agricultural and fuel supplies, and renewed donor support to prevent a humanitarian relapse in Gaza.