![Palestinians, including women and children, form long queues in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip to receive food distributed by charities, as thousands displaced by Israeli attacks depend on humanitarian aid to survive, on October 16, 2025. [Ashraf Amra - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AA-20251016-39429782-39429772-CHARITIES_DISTRIBUTE_HOT_MEALS_TO_PEOPLE_IN_NEED_IN_GAZA-1.jpg)
More than 1 million women and girls in Gaza need food assistance, with nearly a quarter million requiring urgent nutrition support, UN Women said on Friday, warning that despite a “fragile” ceasefire, the crisis is far from over, Anadolu reports. “This ceasefire is our window to deliver fast and to stop famine before it takes hold,” UN Women Geneva Office director Sofia Calltorp told reporters at a press briefing. She said the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel reached earlier this month, though offering a moment of respite, “has not ended the crisis.” Many women and girls, displaced multiple times during the conflict, are now facing winter without shelter. “For two years, women and girls in Gaza were killed at the […]
