World Food Programme Slashes Gaza Aid Amid Severe Funding Shortfall
Summarized from The Jerusalem Post by baba
The UN World Food Programme is cutting aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza due to funding shortages, reducing recipients from 1.6 million to 1.1 million. Food rations have been halved, cash assistance cut for 75,000 families, and hot meals reduced. The WFP requires $450 million over six months to maintain operations in Gaza and the West Bank.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- World Food Programme cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza due to funding shortages.
- Monthly aid recipients are reduced from 1.6 million to 1.1 million people.
- Food rations are halved, cash aid cut for 75,000 families, and hot meals reduced.
- Two-thirds of Gaza's population, 1.4 million people, face crisis food insecurity.
- The WFP urgently needs $450 million for operations in Gaza and the West Bank.
- Acting Executive Director Carl Skau described life in Gaza as 'brutal'.
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