# UN cuts Gaza food aid as funding shortfall deepens

> UN agency ends monthly aid for 500,000 Gazans due to funding crisis.
- Title: UN cuts Gaza food aid as funding shortfall deepens · Dawn
- Summary: UN agency ends monthly aid for 500,000 Gazans due to funding crisis. World Food Programme stops monthly food assistance to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza…
- Keywords: world food programme, gaza, funding shortfall, food aid, palestinian territory, un agency, humanitarian assistance, famine conditions, news, politics, cuts, food
- Source: Dawn — https://dawn.com/news/2038268/un-agency-slashes-gaza-food-aid-over-funding-warns-needs-persist
- Author: AFP
- Published: 2026-10-19T08:01:58+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: world food programme, gaza, funding shortfall, food aid, palestinian territory, un agency, humanitarian assistance, famine conditions, news, politics
## 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.
## Key takeaway

World Food Programme stops monthly food assistance to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza because of insufficient funding despite ongoing needs.