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WFP cuts Gaza aid for 500,000 people

The World Food Programme reduced the number of people receiving support in Gaza from 1.6 million to 1.1 million because of funding gaps. Rations were halved, cash assistance cut and 100,000 fewer hot meals served daily.

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AI-generated illustrative image: nearly empty aid distribution point with civilians waiting in Gaza
AI-generated illustrative image: nearly empty aid distribution point with civilians waiting in Gaza

Both parties to the conflict are presented separately, followed by a factual neutral assessment.

Israeli account

Israel's Foreign Ministry said in July that Israel did not restrict food entry and had facilitated more than 1.8 million tonnes since the ceasefire. There was no immediate Israeli response to the WFP cuts announced on 18 October.

Gaza/Palestinian account

WFP official Carl Skau said during a Gaza visit that conditions were brutal and some people ate only once a day. WFP said cash assistance was reduced for 75,000 families and daily hot meals fell from 250,000 to 150,000.

Neutral editorial assessment

AP directly reports the current WFP figures; UN agencies had already warned in July that expiring funding could reverse fragile food-security gains. The new cuts are attributed to funding gaps and do not by themselves prove a new Israeli border measure. Their impact nevertheless falls on a population that largely depends on aid.

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