On the ground in Gaza
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip have caused catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity. The following reports provide an analysis of the food security situation in the region.
Additional considerations from the Famine Review Committee relating to Gaza analyses
Famine Review Committee: Gaza Strip
12/2025
IPC Brief
IPC Global Initiative - Special Brief
IPC acute food insecurity analysis October 2025 - April 2026
12/2025
Overview of the damage and land availability
- Land availability for cultivation in the Gaza Strip as of April 2025
- Agricultural Damage Assessment in the Gaza Strip from October 7th 2023 to September 1st 2024
- Overview of the damage to agricultural land and infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 15 February 2024
- Overview of the damage to agricultural land and infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 31 December 2023
Damage to greenhouses
- Damage to greenhouses due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 30 April 2025
- Damage to greenhouses due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 31st of December 2024
- Damage to greenhouses due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 1 September 2024
- Damage to greenhouses due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 23 April 2024
- Damage to greenhouses due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 15 February 2024
- Damage to greenhouses due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 31 December 2023
- Damage to greenhouses due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 1 December 2023
Damage to agricultural infrastructure
- Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 30 April 2025
- Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 31 December 2024
- Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 1 September 2024
- Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 20 May 2024
- Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 15 February 2024
- Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 31 December 2023
- Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 1 December 2023
Damage to agricultural wells
- Damage to agricultural wells due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 30 April 2025
- Damage to agricultural wells due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 31 December 2024
- Damage to agricultural wells due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 1 September 2024
- Damage to agricultural wells due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 20 May 2024
- Damage to agricultural wells due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 15 February 2024
- Damage to agricultural wells due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 31 December 2023
- Damage to agricultural wells due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 1 December 2023
Damage to cropland
- Damage to cropland due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 30 April 2025
- Damage to cropland categories due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 30 April 2025
- Damage to cropland due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 31st of December 2024
- Damage to cropland categories to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 31st of December 2024
- Damage to cropland categories due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 1 September 2024
- Damage to cropland due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 1 September 2024
- Damage to cropland categories due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 20 May 2024
- Damage to cropland due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 20 May 2024
- Damage to cropland due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 15 February 2024
- Annual cropland category map of the Gaza Strip 2023
- Cropland category map of the Gaza Strip from June–September 2023
- Cropland category map of the Gaza Strip from February–May 2023
- Crop type map of the Gaza Strip 2023
- Damage to cropland due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 31st December 2023
- Damage to cropland due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 1 December 2023
Damage to tree plantations
Damage Assessment of Solar Panels
Publications
Gaza Strip: Time-critical support to farming households to help reactivate local agrifood production and restore conflict-affected livelihoods
05/2026
Project profile, October 2025
Gaza Strip: Belgium's contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA)
05/2026
Supporting Gazan farming and livestock-keeping households to restore food production
Conditional cash assistance is sustaining the food system in Gaza
02/2026
FAO cash support enables farmers to produce crops and herders to protect livestock, safeguarding local food production and availability, nutrition, and livelihoods
West Bank and Gaza Strip: Humanitarian response update
11/2025
This document provides an overview of the humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as the ongoing response of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as of 4 November 2025.
Briefing note on the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Assessing the role of social protection to address the crisis in the Gaza Strip and West Bank
09/2024
This brief highlights the current status of social protection and humanitarian action in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and proposes selected responses aimed at addressing the impacts of the conflict on agrifood systems through comprehensive social protection measures.
Multimedia
FAO’s response to the post-ceasefire recovery in the Gaza Strip. Interview with Beth Bechdol
28/01/2025
The ceasefire offers an opportunity to address the catastrophic food crisis. However, this is just the start of a long recovery journey from devastation,...
Animal Fodder Distribution in Gaza - Interview with Rein Paulsen
05/04/2024
FAO is delivering animal fodder to households in Gaza amidst an imminent risk of famine. Rein Paulsen explains the importance of supporting local production.
Famine is imminent in Gaza Strip - Interview with Rein Paulsen
18/03/2024
The food security situation in Gaza is catastrophic explains in an interview the Director of the FAO Office of Emergency and Resilience, Rein Paulsen.
Escalating crises and hunger require urgent response, says FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol
13/02/2024
Acute hunger is escalating worldwide in places like Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan and it requires urgent and collective action, explains Beth Bechdol.
FAO Brief – 26 May 2025
26/05/2025
In this episode, FAO calls for immediate humanitarian access to Gaza amid the imminent risk of famine; the number of people experiencing acute food insecurity worldwide has increased for the sixth consecutive year, a new report reveals.
FAO Brief - 3 February 2025
03/02/2025
In this episode: 75 percent of fields once used to grow crops in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged during the 15-month-long conflict, according to a geospatial assessment carried out by FAO and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).