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World Food Programme cuts Gaza food aid as funding runs short

Briefed UN correspondents on Oct. 19 after visiting Gaza and the West Bank; warned cuts hit as a fourth winter approaches

The World Food Programme cut monthly food aid in Gaza from 1.6 million people to 1.1 million this month because donor money ran short. Rations are halved, hot meals fell from 250,000 to 150,000 a day, and the agency dropped 200,000 people in the West Bank.

Updated Oct 23

Notable Quotes

"It's not because the needs are down... It's because the funding is no longer there."

from World Food Programme cuts Gaza food aid as funding runs short · Updated Oct 23

"These cuts are happening just as we are facing the fourth winter."

from World Food Programme cuts Gaza food aid as funding runs short · Updated Oct 23

"Where hunger spreads, instability follows."

from World Food Programme cuts Gaza food aid as funding runs short · Updated Oct 23

"We tell the world now is not the time to look away. This is the time to step up to sustain this support, to protect the progress that has been made, but also to push for early recovery."

from World Food Programme cuts Gaza food aid as funding runs short · Updated Oct 23