UN Agencies Welcome News That Famine Has Been Pushed Back in Gaza Strip

Joint statement by the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO EMRO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP), and the World Health Organization (WHO) welcoming the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification's (IPC) December 2025 finding that no areas of the Gaza Strip are currently classified in famine following the October 2025 ceasefire while warning that gains are extremely fragile. At least 1.6 million people face high levels of acute food insecurity. Most families still grapple with severe food shortages, with meat, eggs, vegetables, and fruits remaining very rare. The agencies warn that without large-scale sustained expansion of food, livelihood, and health assistance alongside commercial inflows, hundreds of thousands could rapidly slip back into famine. A key joint statement for food security researchers studying the post-ceasefire food situation, representing the most authoritative institutional assessment that famine was pushed back by the ceasefire while warning of conditions required to prevent famine's return. This source is valuable for researchers and humanitarian practitioners assessing the ceasefire's food security impact, and is an authoritative institutional reference on the December 2025 famine reclassification and its fragility.