Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza
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Key context: <p>Two-thirds of population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famine</p><p>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.</p><p>More than a year after a Trump-brokered ceasefire came into force, promised reconstruction has not begun, there are few jobs and the vast majority in Gaza still rely on aid to eat.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/19/cuts-world-food-programme-end-support-palestinians-gaza">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Two-thirds of population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famineThis 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 reconstruction has not begun, there are few jobs and the vast majority in Gaza still rely on aid to eat. Continue reading...
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