UN food agency cuts Gaza assistance by one-third amid funding shortages

The UN World Food Program (WFP) announced Monday that funding shortages have forced it to cut food assistance in the Gaza Strip by around one-third, leaving half a million people without critical support as winter approaches, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the agency said it is now assisting 1.1 million vulnerable people in Gaza, down from 1.6 million last month, while food rations have been halved. Families receiving assistance will now get one food parcel instead of two, along with a smaller bag of wheat flour, it said. The number of daily hot meals has also dropped from 250,000 to 150,000, while families in hard-to-reach areas, including near the Israeli army-controlled “yellow line,” will receive meals every other day instead […]