Following a significant reduction in conflict, a proposed peace plan, and improved access for both humanitarian and commercial food deliveries, nutrition conditions have improved in the Gaza Strip. However, the situation remains severe. 

Gaza Governorate has Critical (IPC AMN Phase 4) levels of acute malnutrition, and Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis governorates face Serious (IPC AMN Phase 3) conditions. Due to insufficient data, North Gaza was not analysed; however, nutrition actors in the area report persistently high levels of malnutrition cases and describe the situation as concerning. 

Through mid-October 2026 across the entire Gaza Strip, nearly 101,000 children aged 6–59 months are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition and require treatment, with more than 31,000 severe cases. During the same period, 37,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women will also face acute malnutrition and require treatment. 

Promote sustainable peace: To prevent further loss of life and eliminate any risk of a return to Famine, the gains recorded since the ceasefire and UN resolution must be reinforced through renewed peace efforts by all parties. Sustained action is essential to promote long-term stability. 

Ensure sustained and expanded access: Safe, stable, and unhindered access for humanitarian and commercial goods must be guaranteed through all entry points, allowing for lifesaving assistance and essential goods and services to reach all people in need across the Gaza Strip.   

Scale up humanitarian assistance: To prevent further loss of life and avert ongoing destitution—especially during the winter period—expanded humanitarian assistance is urgently required across all sectors, including food, health, nutrition, WASH, shelter, fuel, and productive inputs.  

Restore commercial activity: Increase the volume and expand the range of goods entering the Gaza Strip, stabilise market systems and currency circulation, reduce transaction costs, and promote digital payment solutions to restore household purchasing power. 

Revive livelihoods and food production: Facilitate access to land and sea, essential inputs, and employment opportunities, supported by expanded availability of resources needed to rehabilitate and restart all sectors of domestic food production. 

Prevent and manage malnutrition by implementing strategies such as at‑scale supplementary feeding and micronutrient supplementation, and by ensuring the early detection and treatment of wasting in children under five years. In addition, vulnerabilities among all children require early detection and treatment for older children (5–17 years) and pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW). 

Establish safe nutrition and support spaces by creating environments that cater to mothers and young children, integrating WASH services, protection measures, psychosocial support, privacy, community engagement, and specialised care for children with specific needs or disabilities 

Promote infant and young child feeding (IYCF) through support for optimal breastfeeding practices and timely complementary feeding for children under two, while also ensuring the safe and appropriate use of breast‑milk substitutes when necessary. 

Support recovery and rehabilitation by delivering targeted nutritional assistance, addressing the needs of vulnerable populations, and providing nutrition-sensitive cash transfers. 

Strengthen nutrition information systems by improving the quality, timeliness, and analysis of nutrition data, conducting SMART surveys to guide evidence-based decision-making, and developing systems to monitor the quality and performance of nutrition services at the site level. 

Provide capacity building and integrate nutrition services into routine health care to strengthen health workers’ skills, improve access and quality of nutrition services, and support recovery and rehabilitation.