The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced on Tuesday that food stocks that entered the Gaza Strip during the ceasefire period have run out.

UNRWA Deputy Director of Operations in Gaza, John White, said in a statement published by the agency on the X platform that the stocks that entered Gaza during the ceasefire have run out.

In early March, the first phase of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel concluded. The agreement, which went into effect on January 19, 2025, was brokered by Egypt and Qatar and supported by the United States.

While Hamas has adhered to the terms of the first phase, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has reneged on the start of the second phase in deference to extremists in his ruling coalition, according to Hebrew media.

White noted that Gaza has been under siege since last March, and that Israel has not allowed any food, non-food items, or anything else into the Strip.

"We are facing the risk of famine again, as happened last year," he warned.

With full American support, Israel has continued its genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving approximately 167,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them women and children, in addition to more than 11,000 missing.

Israel has been blockading Gaza for the 18th year, leaving approximately 1.5 million of its 2.4 million Palestinian citizens homeless after their homes were destroyed in the war of extermination. The Strip has entered a state of famine due to Tel Aviv's closure of the crossings to humanitarian aid.