# Gaza families queue for meals after ceasefire

> Gaza families still wait hours for one meal a day a year after ceasefire.
- Title: Gaza families queue for meals after ceasefire · Malay Mail
- Summary: Gaza families still wait hours for one meal a day a year after ceasefire. Gaza families face severe hunger despite ceasefire, with 1.4 million people acutely…
- Keywords: gaza, ceasefire, food insecurity, malnutrition, united nations, world food programme, khan yunis, hamas, israel, news, world, families
- Source: Malay Mail — https://malaymail.com/news/world/2026/10/10/a-year-after-gaza-ceasefire-families-still-queue-hours-for-one-meal-a-day/238547
- Published: 2026-10-10T21:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: gaza, ceasefire, food insecurity, malnutrition, united nations, world food programme, khan yunis, hamas, israel, news, world
## Niyaha al-Masri's daily struggle
Gazan mother Niyaha al-Masri spends six hours queueing for food for her family each day.

> Without the kitchen run by humanitarian groups, she and her eight children would have nothing at all
## One year since ceasefire
A year after Hamas-Israel ceasefire was supposed to end hunger in Gaza, widespread food shortages persist.

> It has been a year since a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was supposed to allow food to flood into the ruined territory
## Family's meagre meal
Masri brings four containers of rice, lentils and chicken for her family of ten living in a tent.

> This will be the only meal of the day for the family of 10, living in a tent in Khan Yunis
## Husband's injury
Masri's husband, wounded in both legs by an airstrike, cannot go to get food.

> her husband, wounded in both legs by an airstrike, meaning he cannot go and fight with the others to get food
## UN famine declaration
UN declared famine in Gaza in August 2025, but Israel denied it and lifted the declaration by December.

> In August 2025, a United Nations-backed body, the IPC, declared a state of famine in Gaza, though Israel quickly denounced it as a lie
## Food insecurity numbers
1.4 million out of 2.1 million Gazans are acutely food insecure, with 200,000 near famine.

> The most recent figures, from July, show that 1.4 million out of the population of about 2.1 million people are acutely food insecure
## Nutritional risks
Lack of dietary diversity causes health risks, especially for children and pregnant women.

> Dietary diversity is a major food security issue in Gaza. You cannot survive on dry goods and wheat flour and bread alone
## Children's malnutrition
Children suffer from malnutrition, with one son recovering after 2025 famine.

> She said one of her sons suffered from malnutrition during the 2025 famine, although little by little, his condition is improving
## Long-term health effects
Malnutrition causes cognitive and physical impairments that last into later life.

> Repeated bouts of acute malnutrition amongst children is something that human beings just don’t recover from
## Key takeaway

Gaza families face severe hunger despite ceasefire, with 1.4 million people acutely food insecure.