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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Metz and Wafaa Shurafa

Famine has ended in Gaza. But the gains are fragile and it could get worse

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The world’s leading authority on food insecurity said Thursday that the situation in Gaza had improved since famine was declared in parts of the Palestinian territory last year, but warned that conditions are still at crisis levels.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said a reduction in fighting and the fact that Israel was allowing more aid into Gaza had a “significant impact, albeit unevenly across areas.” But it said most families in the war-battered enclave still weren't getting nearly enough to eat.

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