From euronews · Simon Ormiston · · 50s
UN cuts food aid to 500,000 in Gaza
UN food agency stops aid for half a million Gazans as funding dries up.
In brief
UN food agency stops aid for half a million Gazans as funding dries up. UN food agency cuts monthly aid to 500,000 people in Gaza due to funding shortages. Originally reported by euronews.
Funding cuts
The World Food Programme will stop monthly assistance to half a million people in Gaza because of a funding shortfall.
Affected population
1.1 million Palestinians, around half of Gaza’s population, receive food or cash each month.
Reduced rations
Families get one food parcel instead of two and smaller wheat flour bags.
Cash payments cut
75,000 families see monthly cash payments fall from 1,250 to 750 shekels ($400 to $240).
Humanitarian conditions
People face daily airstrikes, displacement, and lack of permanent homes.
The key point
UN food agency cuts monthly aid to 500,000 people in Gaza due to funding shortages.
