We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development World Food Programme to end aid for half a million in Gaza due to funding shortfall The UN World Food Programme has warned that funding shortages will leave about 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip without critical food aid in a territory where two thirds of the population remains acutely food insecure. The WFP said it is reducing its monthly assistance from 1.6 million to 1.1 million people. Palestinians line up to receive food donated by the World Food Programme at a displacement camp in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, on October 18, 2026. © Abdel Kareem Hana, AP The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday it would end monthly assistance to 500,000 people in Gaza due to a funding shortfall, while warning that needs remained acute.
"As of this month, we're now cutting half a million people from the number of people that we're assisting," Shaun Hughes, the WFP country director, told AFP. The reductions bring down the number of Palestinians receiving WFP aid either in food or cash assistance to 1.1 million people – still roughly half of war-battered Gaza's population. Read morePalestinians struggle to find food in Gaza a year after ceasefire Palestinians struggle to find food in Gaza a year after ceasefire UN rapporteur says Israeli rubble-clearing in Gaza could erase 'atrocity crimes' evidence 1. 1 ## Chaotic scenes as organisers of French protests claim 800,000 have taken to streets As it happened France 2. 2 ## Macron denounces 'unbridled' violence as France hit by new clashes As it happened Europe 3. 3 ## Israeli settlers attack European delegation convoy in West Bank, beat French mayor Middle East 4. 4 ## Looters seize on massive French protests to raid and vandalise shops France 5. 5 ## Fires and clashes rock France amid massive nationwide protests France 6. 6 ## ‘Standing up for democracy’: Atlanta ‘No Kings’ rally draws Trump critics ahead of midterms On the ground Americas © 2026 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved.
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