WFP cuts food and cash aid to about 500,000 people in Gaza over funding shortfall

Summary

The World Food Programme announced on Monday that it will cut food and cash assistance to about 500,000 people in Gaza because of a lack of funding, not because needs have fallen. Carl Skau, acting head of the UN agency, said the decision came from having less funding. Families who lost their homes and livelihoods in the war say the aid may be their only means of survival. Ahmed Al Haj, 53, has relied on WFP payments for nearly two years to feed his family in a displacement camp in Al Mawasi, southern Gaza. He receives 1,250 Israeli shekels (about $380) every two or three months, and he is unable to work because of injuries to himself and his eldest son. When he asked WFP offices in Gaza whether his assistance would continue, he was told the new list of beneficiaries had not yet been approved.

Timeline

1. The National

   20 Oct 2026, 16:35 UTCSource ↗

   The National reports that Gaza families who lost their homes and livelihoods fear the WFP's decision to cut food and cash aid for about 500,000 people could leave them with no means of survival, and it quotes a displaced 53-year-old man whose payments are now uncertain.