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World Food Programme Cuts Gaza Aid for Half a Million People Due to Funding Shortfall

The UN agency is reducing monthly assistance from 1.6 million to 1.1 million people in Gaza, cutting community hot meals and rations as it faces a severe financial shortage.

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Published October 19, 2026, 06:15 (Brasília time) · 1 min read

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What happened: The World Food Programme is reducing food aid and hot meals for hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza due to a lack of funds.
Who is affected: Approximately 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza who will lose monthly food assistance or face reduced rations.
What changes: Monthly aid recipients drop from 1.6 million to 1.1 million, community hot meals decrease from 250,000 to 150,000 daily, and families in remote zones will receive meals every other day.

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