Food security in Gaza improves but remains fragile: UN

AFP | Rome

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Food security and child nutrition have improved across the Gaza Strip, but remain fragile because only one aid crossing point is open, the UN’s World Food Programme said on Thursday.

The Rome-based organization noted “an improvement in food security and child nutrition across the Gaza Strip,” but “cautioned that the progress, driven largely by expanded access to humanitarian food, nutrition, agricultural and health assistance, remains fragile.”

“While access into Gaza has improved, only one crossing – Kerem Shalom/ Abu Salem – in the south of Gaza remains open, limiting the flow of essential goods,” the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement.

There has been a “significant” increase in food and nutritional aid since the ceasefire agreement was reached in October 2025, it said.

Food parcels were delivered to around 1.5 million people in May, while some 700,000 people received cash assistance and 60 percent of children under-5 were given nutritional support. The UN’s aid chief, Tom Fletcher, called last month for the opening of all crossing points into Gaza and the immediate lifting of Israeli restrictions on the entry of goods such as medical equipment and fuel.