WFP State of Palestine Emergency Response External Situation Report #61

08 August 2025

Highlights

• The worst-case scenario of famine is currently unfolding in the Gaza Strip. The latest IPC alert reports that two out of the three famine criteria have been breached in parts of the Strip. Nearly half of pregnant and breastfeeding women are malnourished. Families survive on minimal staples, with almost no dietary diversity. This is not just a food crisis — it is a nutrition emergency, potentially causing long-term irreversible damage.
• WFP continues to bring convoys of food aid into Gaza virtually almost every day, but dire operating conditions prevent the delivery of life-saving supplies at the scale needed to push back escalating starvation. Past IPC analyses show food security in Gaza could rapidly worsen, or improve, depending on the volume of incoming supplies the humanitarian community is allowed to deliver.
• Large-scale humanitarian assistance must resume immediately with guaranteed safe and sustained access. WFP is ready to scale up its operations. Only under a ceasefire can WFP ensure the consistent, safe, and predictable access needed to deliver life-saving food and relief at scale to all civilians.