# WFP to cut food aid for 500,000 people in Gaza amid funding shortfall

https://mins.news/en/item/105863

- France 24, 2026-10-19 07:33 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261019-world-food-programme-to-end-aid-for-half-a-million-in-gaza-due-to-funding-shortfall

> The UN World Food Programme says a funding shortfall will leave about 500,000 people in Gaza without critical food assistance. It is cutting the number receiving monthly aid from 1.6 million to 1.1 million, while two thirds of the population remains acutely food insecure.

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