World Food Programme to End Aid for Half a Million in Gaza Due to Funding Shortfall
The agency says it needs $450 million to sustain critical operations as cash transfers, flour boxes and community meals are reduced.
- The World Food Programme announced on October 19 that funding shortages are forcing aid cuts affecting 500,000 vulnerable people in Gaza, reducing monthly recipients from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.
- WFP acting executive director Carl Skau cited critical funding gaps and competing global demands as reasons for the cuts, noting the agency urgently needs $450m to maintain operations over six months.
- Daily hot meals from community kitchens will drop from 250,000 to 150,000, while families near the Yellow Line will receive food every other day instead of daily. "It's a disaster," said Mervat al-Satari, a displaced mother-of-five.
- WFP's September market monitor found 44 per cent of households unable to afford basic food items despite stocked markets, with residents reporting prices remain prohibitively high for most Gazans.
- Skau warned that humanitarian gains remain "fragile" despite the agency's ability to bring food into Gaza, emphasizing financial constraints—not access restrictions—are the primary barrier to sustaining current assistance levels.
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World Food Programme ends aid for 500,000 in Gaza as funding cut
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) will stop food assistance to about half a million people in Gaza because of a funding shortfall, the agency has said, warning that the cuts come as winter approaches and hunger remains widespread. The number of people receiving WFP help will fall from 1.6 million to 1.1 million, roughly … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Sports, Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Tele…
Funding shortfall forces WFP to cut lifesaving food aid to Gaza
JERUSALEM — The UN's World Food Programme (WFP), one of the main suppliers of food aid to Gaza, said on Monday it would "drastically reduce lifesaving assistance" to the Palestinian territory due to a funding shortfall."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.The cuts will hit hard as winter approaches and at a time when many famil…
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UN cuts Gaza food aid as funding crisis deepens
The UN World Food Programme has said funding shortages are forcing major cuts to its aid programme 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 recipients of its monthly assistance […]
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