# WFP official calls life in Gaza ‘brutal’ as food shortages continue

https://mins.news/en/video/105369

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-18 18:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWoukRH2Pco

> Carl Skau, acting executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, says funding difficulties have forced the organization to cut the number of people receiving aid from 1.8 million to at least 500,000 as winter approaches, despite needs remaining unchanged.

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