Gaza: The World Food Program (WFP) said Tuesday that there is an urgent need to increase aid to the Gaza Strip to reach all hungry people across Gaza before it is too late, stressing that hunger is spreading rapidly in Gaza. All residents of the Gaza Strip face severe levels of food insecurity amid the ongoing Israeli genocide and blockade.
According to Qatar News Agency, this information was detailed in a joint report titled "Food Security and Nutrition in the World report for 2025," issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the WFP, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO). The report highlights that Palestine, particularly the Gaza Strip, is among the countries where the majority of the population is experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity.
The report specifies that 100 percent of the Gaza Strip's population is currently experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity. Approximately two million people in five countries and regions faced Level 5 hunger in 2024, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) scale. Notably, more than half of these individuals, around 1,106,900 people, reside in the Gaza Strip.
The UN report further confirmed that this figure is nearly double the estimated 576,000 people at the end of 2023, marking the highest rate ever recorded in the history of the IPC scale for any country or region. In a post on the X platform today, the WFP emphasized the urgent need for a substantial increase in food assistance to reach all hungry individuals in Gaza, regardless of their location.
The WFP stated that it possesses sufficient food stocks to sustain all Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for a period of three months. However, it emphasized the necessity for Israel to permit the entry of this aid. The WFP also urged for an increase in food aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip through all available crossings, as well as the establishment of more routes within the Strip to expedite the delivery process and reduce delays in reaching the starving population.