Middle EastPublished: 19 October 2026 at 13:33
UN food agency cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is cutting aid to 500,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip because of funding shortages. The agency warns this could reverse "modest and fragile" progress on food security.
The World Food Programme (WFP), the UN agency that provides food assistance to people affected by crises, has announced that it is cutting aid to 500,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The reason given is a shortage of funding.
The agency says the lack of money threatens to reverse the "modest and fragile" progress made on food security in Gaza.
The available information does not include further details on how the reduction will affect recipients or which forms of assistance will be limited.
