UNITED NATIONS, Dec 19 (Reuters) - There is no longer famine in Gaza, a global hunger monitor said on Friday, after access for humanitarian and commercial food deliveries improved following a ​fragile October 10 ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas.

The latest assessment by ​the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification comes four months after it said 514,000 people - nearly a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza - were experiencing famine. It warned on Friday that the situation in the enclave remained ⁠critical.

"Under a worst-case scenario, which would include renewed hostilities and a halt in humanitarian and commercial inflows, the entire Gaza Strip is at risk of famine through mid-April 2026. This underscores the severe and ongoing humanitarian crisis," the IPC said in the report.

Israel controls all access to Gaza. COGAT, the Israeli military agency that coordinates aid, in August disputed that there ​was famine in Gaza.COGAT says 600-800 trucks have entered Gaza daily since the start of the truce in October and that food made up 70% of ‍all those supplies.

Hamas disputes those figures, saying far fewer than 600 trucks ​a day have made it into Gaza. Aid agencies have repeatedly said far more aid needs to get into Gaza and have said Israel is blocking needed items from entering, which Israel denies.

NO FAMINE, BUT STILL CATASTROPHIC CONDITIONS

The IPC said five famines have been confirmed in the past 15 years: in Somalia........

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