There is no longer a famine in Gaza, a United Nations-backed food security organization reported Friday, as the enclave slowly recovers from two brutal years of fighting between Israel and Hamas.

Food security and nutrition have improved, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification program wrote in a December brief.

“Famine has been pushed back. Far more people are able to access the food they need to survive,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters on Friday.

But 1.6 million Gazans still face profound food insecurity, with more than 100,000 children age 6 months to 59 months projected to battle acute malnutrition and require treatment through mid-October 2026, the IPC found. And the report cautioned that a resumption of full-scale hostilities in Gaza would throw significant portions of the enclave back into a famine for months, disrupting access to markets and stunting the cultivation of native crops.

It underscores just how fragile the humanitarian situation remains in the region in the wake of Israel’s war against the Hamas militant group and October’s nominal ceasefire negotiated by the Trump administration.

Trump won international applause for his work in bringing about the tentative peace and freeing 20 living Israeli hostages. But private documents POLITICO reported on in November showed administration officials expressing deep concern that elements of their ceasefire agreement could fall apart. And Israeli forces have continued to lob occasional strikes into Gaza since the deal was reached.

“Sustained, expanded and unhindered humanitarian and commercial flows and access to these goods across the territory are critical to meeting the challenges identified in this IPC analysis,” the researchers wrote. “This will require a durable resolution to the conflict and the rebuilding of essential infrastructure and livelihoods.”