UN agency to end monthly aid

World Food Programme says it will stop monthly food assistance to 500,000 people in Gaza due to funding shortfall.

“the world food programme said monday it would end monthly assistance to 500,000 people in gaza due to a funding shortfall”

1.1 million affected

1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza will receive reduced food or cash assistance each month from the UN agency.

WFP country director warns

WFP country director Shaun Hughes says people are not safe with daily airstrikes and displacement.

“people are not safe. airstrikes continue on a daily basis. people continue to be displaced”

Acute food insecurity

1.4 million people in Gaza are acutely food insecure and need humanitarian assistance to survive.

Famine classification lifted

Gaza was classified as famine in August 2025 but the classification was lifted in December 2025 after ceasefire.

WFP assistance reduced

Families now get one food parcel instead of two and smaller wheat flour bags.

Cash aid cut

Cash recipients get reduced from 1,250 to 750 shekels per month ($400 to $240).

Funding shortfall

WFP needs $450 million over six months but has received only half the usual funding for Palestinian territories.

West Bank aid cut

WFP reduced aid recipients in West Bank from 400,000 to 200,000 since ceasefire.

WFP country director statement

WFP country director says now is not the time to turn away from Gaza's situation.

Winter needs

WFP says conditions have moderately improved but needs could rise with winter.

Israel restrictions

Israel blocks shipments of military-use items including prosthetic limbs.

WFP funding drop

WFP funding dropped after Trump returned to power and slashed UN agency contributions.

WFP warning

WFP warns that humanitarian conditions remain brutal despite reduced aid.