World Food Programme stops provision to half a million people in Gaza over lack of funding

Middle East Eye19 October 2026, 11:52 UTCPalestine

World Food Programme stops provision to half a million people in Gaza over lack of funding The World Food Programme (WFP) has announced that it is ending food aid for more than 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza due to lack of funding. The news comes despite the fact that the large majority of Gaza's population currently rely on food aid. "As of this month, we're now cutting half a million people from the number of people that we're assisting," Shaun Hughes, the WFP country director, told AFP. The reduction will mean that 1.1 million Palestinians would be

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