RAMALLAH: The world’s leading authority on food insecurity said Thursday that the situation in Gaza had improved since famine was declared in parts of the Palestinian territory last year, but warned that conditions remained at crisis levels and could slip back into catastrophe. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said a reduction in fighting as well as Israel allowing more aid into Gaza had driven improvements. But it noted that food consumption remained inadequate for most of the 2.1 million people living in the war-battered enclave.

The world’s leading authority on food insecurity says the situation in Gaza had improved since famine swept parts of the Palestinian territory last year.

RAMALLAH: The world’s leading authority on food insecurity said Thursday that the situation in Gaza had improved since famine was declared in parts of the Palestinian territory…