WFP to cut Gaza aid for 500,000 Palestinians amid ...

Summary

• The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will end monthly assistance to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza because of a severe funding shortfall, raising fresh concerns about food insecurity in the war-battered territory.
• The agency announced on Monday that the reductions would leave around 1.1 million people in Gaza receiving monthly food or cash assistance, with the amount of support also being cut.
• Food Parcels and Cash Assistance Reduced The WFP said its funding difficulties had forced it to reduce both the number of people receiving assistance and the size of the support provided to families.

AI Generated Summary

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will end monthly assistance to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza because of a severe funding shortfall, raising fresh concerns about food insecurity in the war-battered territory.

The agency announced on Monday that the reductions would leave around 1.1 million people in Gaza receiving monthly food or cash assistance, with the amount of support also being cut.

Despite some improvements following a US-brokered ceasefire, humanitarian conditions remain extremely difficult, with widespread displacement, continued airstrikes and limited access to permanent housing.

“People are not safe. Airstrikes continue on a daily basis. People continue to be displaced,” WFP country director Shaun Hughes told AFP at the agency’s office in east Jerusalem.