Funding cuts force WFP to drastically reduce lifesaving assistance in Gaza

The 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.

Funding cuts force WFP to drastically reduce lifesaving assistance in Gaza

Two-thirds of population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famine This winter is likely to deepen hunger for Palestinians in Gaza, after sweeping aid cuts forced the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) to end support for more than half a million people each month, the agency’s direct...