UN food agency cuts Gaza aid by a third due to funding gaps

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 11:31 · Archive

The World Food Program is reducing food assistance to 1.1 million people in Gaza from 1.6 million, citing insufficient funding.

The UN World Food Program is cutting food assistance in Gaza by roughly a third because of insufficient funding. The agency is reducing the number of people receiving monthly assistance to 1.1 million from 1.6 million, leaving about 500,000 people without regular support.

Food rations have been halved across the territory. Cash assistance has been cut for 75,000 families. The number of daily hot meals for people unable to cook has fallen from 250,000 to 150,000, with some families in hard-to-reach areas receiving meals only every other day.

About 1.4 million people, or roughly two-thirds of Gaza's population, face crisis levels of food insecurity or worse, including around 200,000 people in emergency conditions. WFP executive director Carl Skau said in Gaza: 'It's a year into the agreement of this ceasefire. Well, life is still brutal here. There is no proper shelter. There is no basic services. There is no safety, no security.' He added that the cuts come 'just as we are facing the fourth winter.'

The WFP said it urgently needs $US450 million over the next six months to maintain critical operations in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

How it is being reported

• UN food agency slashes Gaza aid, citing money shortagesThe UN's World Food Program is scaling back its food aid for needy people in the Gaza Strip by about a third due to funding gaps.Perth Now · 19 Oct, 11:24
• UN food agency slashes Gaza aid, citing money shortagesThe UN's World Food Program is scaling back its food aid for needy people in the Gaza Strip by about a third due to funding gaps.The West Australian · 19 Oct, 11:24

In this story: World Food Program · Gaza · Carl Skau · Hamas · Israel

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