WFP cuts Gaza aid as funding shortfall bites

· Health · Palestine

The UN World Food Programme will cut monthly aid to 500,000 people in Gaza because of a funding shortage, reducing the number it helps from 1.6 million to 1.1 million, about a third fewer, despite ongoing food shortages. Two-thirds of Gaza's population face crisis levels of food insecurity, and 200,000 people are in danger of famine.

Why it matters：The cut leaves a famine-threatened population with less food as winter approaches, with consequences for malnutrition and mortality.

Key points

  • Monthly aid recipients will fall from 1.6 million to 1.1 million
  • Two-thirds of Gaza's population faces crisis-level food insecurity
  • 200,000 people are in danger of famine

Sources (original reporting)

More stories from this day