Israel-Hamas ceasefire needs to hold or Gaza will face famine again, U.N. humanitarian chief says

Famine has been mostly averted in Gaza as a surge of aid enters the territory during a fragile ceasefire, the United Nations humanitarian chief said Sunday. But he warned the threat could return quickly if the truce collapses.

Tom Fletcher spoke to The Associated Press after a two-day visit to Gaza, where hundreds of trucks carrying humanitarian aid have arrived each day since the ceasefire began on Jan. 19.

"The threat of famine, I think, is largely averted," Fletcher said in Cairo. "Those starvation levels are down from where they were before the ceasefire."