WFP Delivers Full Food Rations to Over 1 Million in Gaza Amid Widespread Insecurity

The World Food Programme has expanded its life-saving operations in Gaza, reaching more than 1 million people each month through food parcels, bread bundles, hot meals, and school meals, according to @UN reported details. For the first time since the war began, WFP is delivering a full ration of two wheat flour bags and two food boxes to over 1 million people in Gaza each month.

Over 400,000 meals are being served daily via 45 community kitchens in the region.

Monthly digital payments allow 60,000 families, representing 300,000 people, to buy food from local markets. One in five households in Gaza survives on just one meal a day. 6 million people in Gaza are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, representing 77 percent of the population, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.

This includes over 100,000 children and 37,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women projected to suffer acute malnutrition through to April 2026. Intense conflict, the collapse of essential services, and severe limitations on humanitarian assistance have led to desperate conditions across the Gaza Strip, @UN reported.

A ceasefire paves the way for humanitarian agencies to reach vulnerable populations previously cut off from life-saving aid in Gaza.

The WFP-led Logistics Cluster is facilitating the transportation of tents, blankets, wash stations, and mattresses on behalf of humanitarian partners in Gaza. 5 million for operations in Gaza and the West Bank up to May 2026. When conditions allow, WFP will transition to recovery-focused initiatives, including restoring markets, supporting livelihoods, rebuilding food systems, and expanding school meals in Gaza.

A WFP-led hub keeps humanitarian aid moving amid the Middle East crisis, as detailed in a story dated 27 March 2026.