UN agencies have said that famine has been “pushed back” in the Gaza Strip. A report released by the World Health Organization states that “no areas of the Strip are currently classified in famine following the October ceasefire and improved humanitarian and commercial access.”
While they noted that the “progress remains extremely fragile,” it appears that conditions are improving in the region that launched the Hamas terror attack against Israel on October 7, 2023. Following that attack, Israel declared war against Palestinian terror group Hamas.
The World Health Organization states that it is the “sustained, large-scale expansion of food, livelihood, agriculture and health assistance, together with increased commercial inflows” that have prevented the region from succumbing to widespread starvation.
Food insecurity is still an issue, however, meaning that there is a large portion of the population that is unsure about the short-term future of where their meals are coming from. “According to the new IPC report,” the WHO reports, “at least 1.6 million people – or 77 per cent of the population – are still facing high levels of acute food insecurity in the Gaza Strip, including over 100,000 children and 37,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women projected to suffer acute malnutrition through April next year.”
The ceasefire has paved the way for increased humanitarian aid for a region that has suffered immeasurably since their government of terrorists launched an attack on Israel that killed 1,200. Terrorists also kidnapped more than 200 people, going as far as to hold the dead bodies of those hostages captive until Israel released Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.