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 CLICK TO VIEW: LATEST NEWS RELEASESUpdated 29 May 15:40 CEST  (Previous updates: 22 May, 17 May)The Israeli incursion in Rafah is having a devastating impact on civilians and humanitarian operations.

CLICK TO VIEW: LATEST NEWS RELEASES Updated 5 June (Previous updates: 30 May, 22 May, 17 May) With limited aid entering through southern and central Gaza, WFP has been forced to provide families with reduced rations – where rations are possible – and prioritize providing hot meals, especially targeting more than 1 million people displaced from Rafah.  The limited ration

CLICK TO VIEW: LATEST NEWS RELEASES Update 17 May 16:00 CEST World Food Programme Country Director for Palestine Matthew Hollingworth: “We’ve not been able to access our warehouse in Rafah for more than a week.

Earlier this month, an Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report already warned that by November more than 90 percent of Gaza’s population will face severe food insecurity. It forecast that a large group would be in an “emergency phase” of need, while others would face “catastrophic” levels of food insecurity.

The team was returning from a mission to Kerem Shalom/ Karam Abu Salem with two WFP armoured vehicles after escorting a convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian cargo routed to Gaza’s central area. Despite being clearly marked and receiving multiple clearances by Israeli authorities to approach, the vehicle was directly struck by gunfire as it was moving towards an Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)

”Driving through Gaza City to Jabalia, the destruction is unbelievable.  In the North of Gaza, I didn’t see one single building intact and there was constant shelling with drones buzzing overhead,” said Skau. “The people here are traumatised and exhausted.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) snapshot – released today – projects that over the coming months 1.95 million people in Gaza (91 percent of the population) will face acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or worse).

 Hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza risk famine this winter unless fighting stops and more humanitarian aid reaches desperate families, according to a new hunger assessment published today by experts from 16 UN agencies and nongovernmental organizations.Known as the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, the snapshot projects that 1.95 million people in Gaza, or more than

After weeks of coordination with all parties, this crucial first step could pave the way for a more sustainable aid corridor through Jordan and allow for the delivery of more aid at scale.

 Displaced families are packed into a school in Gaza. Photo: WFP/Arete/Abood al Sayd   This latest food security analysis for Gaza, which includes data from the World Food Programme (WFP), other UN agencies and non-governmental organizations, confirmed that the entire population of Gaza – roughly 2.2 million people – are in crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity.