The UN children's agency, UNICEF, warned that recent progress in reducing acute malnutrition in Gaza could be reversed if commercial and humanitarian supplies do not continue entering the territory predictably.

Gaza's Health Ministry reported on World Food Day that 466 people, including 157 children, had died from starvation or malnutrition since 2024.

It said more than 1.4 million Palestinians, approximately 67% of Gaza's population, were projected to face crisis-level food insecurity or worse through the end of 2026.