# UN cuts aid to 500,000 Gazans over funding shortfall and other stories

https://mins.news/en/video/106689

- BBC News, 2026-10-19 17:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpZe2fX6PVo

> The World Food Programme says a funding gap will force it to sharply reduce life-saving food assistance in Gaza. The number of Palestinians it helps will fall by about a third, from 1.6 million to 1.1 million, and it says it urgently needs $450m over six months for operations in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The podcast also mentions Australian MP Helen Haines being hit by a car.

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