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WFP cuts Gaza food assistance to 1.1 million people amid funding shortfall
The World Food Programme says funding shortages are forcing it to reduce monthly food assistance in Gaza from 1.6 million people to 1.1 million. Families will receive smaller rations, while daily hot meals will fall from 250,000 to 150,000. The agency says it received less than half its previous funding for the Palestine operation and needs another $450 million for six months. Food insecurity has improved modestly but remains widespread and fragile.
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What matters
- Food parcels will be reduced from two per family to one.
- Hot meals in hard-to-reach areas will be provided every other day.
- The WFP says 1.4 million people in Gaza face crisis-level food insecurity or worse.
- Assistance in the West Bank was already halved in September.
Context & caveats
- The figures and conditions are reported by the WFP and cited humanitarian sources.
Why this made the edition
Substantive humanitarian report with quantified aid reductions, funding needs and food-security context affecting hundreds of thousands of people.
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