World Food Programme cuts Gaza food aid for 500,000 people over funding shortfall
Summary
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says funding shortfalls are forcing it to end monthly food assistance for about 500,000 people in Gaza, cutting the number it helps from 1.6 million to 1.1 million. WFP country director Shaun Hughes told AFP that 'as of this month, we're now cutting half a million people from the number of people that we're assisting,' and that 1.1 million Palestinians, roughly half of Gaza's population, will still receive food or cash aid. The agency says needs remain acute: Deutsche Welle and France 24 report that two-thirds of Gaza's population is acutely food insecure, NPR reports that 1.4 million people face acute food shortages, and The Guardian reports that about 200,000 people are in danger of famine. The Guardian also reports that more than a year after a ceasefire, reconstruction has not begun and few jobs exist. Al Jazeera reports that the WFP warns the shortages threaten to reverse 'modest and fragile' progress on food security.
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NPR
Source ↗NPR reports that the World Food Programme says 1.4 million people in Gaza face acute food shortages and that funding gaps are forcing aid cutbacks despite the U.S.-brokered Hamas-Israel ceasefire.
BBC
Source ↗BBC reports that funding shortages will force the World Food Programme to cut the number of people it helps in Gaza by about a third, from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.
ABC News
Source ↗ABC News reports that, according to the World Food Programme, half a million people in Gaza will lose access to food assistance because of UN funding cuts.
France 24
Source ↗France 24 reports that the World Food Programme warned funding shortages will leave about 500,000 people in Gaza without critical food aid, in a territory where two-thirds of the population remains acutely food insecure.
The Straits Times
Source ↗The Straits Times reports that the number of recipients of monthly World Food Programme assistance in Gaza will fall from 1.6 million to 1.1 million people.
The Hindu
Source ↗The Hindu reports that WFP country director Shaun Hughes told AFP the agency is cutting half a million people from the number it assists this month.
The Guardian
Source ↗The Guardian reports that sweeping aid cuts have forced the World Food Programme to end support for more than half a million Palestinians in Gaza each month, with 200,000 people in danger of famine.
Al Jazeera
Source ↗Al Jazeera reports that the WFP says funding shortages threaten to reverse 'modest and fragile' progress on food security in Gaza.
Middle East Eye
Source ↗Middle East Eye, citing AFP, reports that the WFP will end monthly assistance to 500,000 people in Gaza due to a funding shortfall, leaving 1.1 million Palestinians receiving aid.
Deutsche Welle
Source ↗Deutsche Welle reports that the World Food Programme is forced to reduce aid amid funding shortages, and that over two-thirds of Palestinians in Gaza face acute hunger.
Middle East Eye
Source ↗Middle East Eye reports that the WFP is ending food aid for more than 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza over lack of funding, with Shaun Hughes telling AFP that 1.1 million people will still receive aid.
Middle East Eye
Source ↗Middle East Eye reports that the WFP is ending food aid for more than 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza over lack of funding, while warning that needs remain acute.
The Globe and Mail
Source ↗The Globe and Mail reports that funding shortages are forcing the World Food Programme to cut aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza, and that about 1.4 million people face crisis levels of food insecurity or worse, including roughly 200,000 in emergency conditions.
Al Jazeera
Source ↗Al Jazeera reports that funding shortages will force the World Food Programme to suspend food assistance in Gaza.
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