World Food Programme cuts Gaza aid due to funding shortages

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 08:49 · Archive

The UN World Food Programme is reducing aid to Gaza because of funding shortages, cutting the number of people helped from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.

The World Food Programme is cutting aid to Gaza due to funding shortages, reducing the number of people it assists from 1.6 million to 1.1 million—a drop of roughly a third.

The cuts will hit as winter approaches and at a time when nearly all of Gaza's 2.1 million population remains displaced, with two-thirds relying on food aid to survive. Community kitchens will reduce hot meals provided daily from 250,000 to 150,000. Families in hard-to-reach areas, including those near the Yellow Line marking Israel's area of military control, will receive meals every other day instead of daily.

Palestinian families affected by the cuts expressed concern about their ability to feed their children. Mervat al-Satari, a mother-of-five at a camp in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, called the reductions a 'disaster', saying 'What will we do with these reduced rations? How will we provide for the little ones?' Sawsan Bahloul, also from al-Mawasi and a mother of three, said the portions—usually pasta or lentils with occasional potatoes and aubergines—were already too small to feed her family before the cuts.

How it is being reported

• World Food Programme to end aid for half a million in Gaza due to funding shortfallThe UN World Food Programme has warned that funding shortages will leave about 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip without critical food aid in a territory where two thirds of the population remains acutely food insecure. The WFP said it is reducing its monthly assistance from 1.6 million to 1.1 million people.France 24 · 19 Oct, 08:33
• Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to GazaThe 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.BBC News · 19 Oct, 07:00

In this story: World Food Programme · Gaza Strip · Khan Younis · Mervat al-Satari · Sawsan Bahloul

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