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The 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.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says funding shortages are forcing it to slash food assistance in Gaza, reducing monthly coverage from 1.6 million people to 1.1 million. The agency warned that about 500,000 Gazans will lose critical aid, while two-thirds of the population faces acute food insecurity and 200,000 are at risk of famine. The cuts come despite a U.S.-brokered Hamas-Israel ceasefire.
BBC News – World The 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 – World The 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.
The World Food Programme has announced that funding shortages will force it to suspend food assistance in Gaza
Sky News – World The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said it is being forced to "drastically reduce" aid to Gaza because of funding shortages.
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 director for Palestine said. More than a year after a Trump-brokered ceasefire came into force, promised…
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.
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