GENEVA, Oct 19 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- The UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced on 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 Ajansi reported.
World : UN Food Agency Cuts Gaza Assistance By One-Third Amid Funding Shortages
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- 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.
- According to WFP, an estimated 1.4 million people, or 67 per cent of Gaza's population, face crisis-level food insecurity or worse, including around 200,000 experiencing emergency conditions requiring immediate food assistance to prevent deaths from hunger.
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