World Food Programme cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza, cites funding shortages
The agency says 1.1 million Palestinians will still receive aid each month as winter nears and funding gaps force smaller rations and fewer hot meals.
- On Monday, October 19, 2026, the United Nations World Food Programme announced it will end monthly assistance for 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza, reducing its reach from 1.6 million to 1.1 million recipients.
- The agency reported receiving less than half its usual financing for Palestinian operations in 2026, prompting the cuts and creating an urgent need for $450 million to sustain critical operations over six months.
- Reductions include halving food rations and cutting daily hot meals from 250,000 to 150,000, while 75,000 families face a 40 per cent reduction in monthly cash assistance.
- WFP acting executive director Carl Skau warned the cuts threaten to reverse fragile gains as winter approaches, compounding hardships for families already struggling with displacement and high market prices.
- The agency previously halved aid recipients in the West Bank to 200,000 in September, signaling broader systemic contraction of support across Palestinian territories amid persistent funding constraints.
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Funding shortages force UN to cut food aid for 500,000 people in Gaza
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced cuts to food assistance in Gaza, leaving 500,000 Palestinians without its monthly support as funding shortages threaten efforts to prevent hunger across the territory. The agency said that it would reduce the number of people receiving food and cash assistance from 1.6 million to 1.1 million. Families who remain eligible will also receive smaller food parcels, less flour and reduced fin…
WFP cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians as funds shrink
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said that funding shortages are forcing major cuts to its aid program in Gaza, leaving about 500,000 people without monthly food support in a territory where two-thirds of the population struggle to get enough to eat.The WFP said it was reducing the number of re
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Great Yorkshire RadioUN cuts food aid to half a million Gazans over funding shortages
The Odyssey of Gaza, brought to its knees by 3 years of war, continues: the United Nations World Food Programme has announced heavy cuts in aid to the Strip. The reduction will force the Agency to exclude about 500,000 people from monthly food support, lowering the total number of beneficiaries from 1.6 to 1.1 million. The reason? A "serious shortage of funds." The rations of aid have been halved, the assistance in money has been reduced for 75,…
The frequency of World Food Programme (WFP) attention will go from one dish a day to one ration every 48 hours.
In August 2025, a UN agency, the Integrated Framework for the Classification of Food Security (IPC), had proclaimed the state of famine in Gaza, with Israel denouncing "deceived lies".
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