DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip – Just over a week after U.S.
Reports from the News and Sentinel highlight that part of Gaza, around Gaza City, was indeed found to be in famine last year.
World Food Program noted progress in food consumption, with households reporting an average of two meals per day in February 2026, up from one meal in July.
With the world's gaze now fixed on the Iran-Israel confrontation, the political will and resources needed to advance these critical components of a lasting peace in Gaza could easily dissipate.
The focus of the global community, once slightly attuned to Gaza's reconstruction needs and the "Board of Peace" initiatives, is now forcefully pulled towards the unfolding drama of explosions in Tehran, Israel, and across the wider Middle East.
A new war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran threatens to derail a tenuous ceasefire in Gaza, leaving residents fearing deeper neglect and an exacerbation of the humanitarian crisis amidst renewed closures and rising prices.