World Food Programme Halves Aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza Due to Funding Crisis

10/19/2026

World Food Programme cuts Gaza aid to 500,000 people amid funding shortages

10/19/2026

Programme reduces monthly support to 1.1 million people as two-thirds of the population face crisis-level food insecurity

10/19/2026

The UN World Food Programme has cut monthly food aid in Gaza from 1.6 million to 1.1 million people due to funding shortages, as 1.4 million face acute food insecurity.

10/19/2026

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said it is being forced to "drastically reduce" aid to Gaza because of funding shortages.

10/19/2026

The number of people helped by the UN agency in the Palestinian territory will drop by about a third - from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.

10/19/2026

Half a million Palestinians lose access to critical food assistance ahead of winter

10/19/2026

"As of this month, we're now cutting half a million people from the number of people that we're assisting," Shaun Hughes, the WFP country director, told AFP.

10/18/2026

The UN's World Food Programme says 1.4 million people in Gaza are suffering acute food shortages and that funding gaps are forcing cutbacks in critical aid, despite the U.S. brokered Hamas-Israel...