Gaza: Funding cuts leave half a million without food assistance
The World Food Programme has been forced to cut food assistance in Gaza by one-third due to severe funding shortages. This reduction affects approximately 500,000 people, limiting access to essential food parcels and hot meals as winter approaches.
Why it matters
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza remains a critical global issue, with funding gaps directly impacting the survival of vulnerable populations.
Funding shortages have forced the World Food Programme (WFP) to slash assistance to hungry families in the Gaza Strip by roughly one third – a move that will affect some 500,000 people as winter approaches, the UN agency announced on Monday.
WFP said that its food assistance “has provided a lifeline for up to 90 per cent of families in Gaza” over the past three years .
Since the October 2025 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas fighters, teams have reached around 1.6 million people monthly with food parcels, wheat flour, bread, hot meals, nutrition support, school snacks and cash assistance .
“Improved humanitarian access and delivery of assistance since October 2025 have helped reduce food insecurity, but these gains remain fragile and could quickly be reversed if humanitarian funding continues to decline ,” the agency warned.
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