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UPDATED Oct 19, 2026 at 4:06 AM ET
Oct 18, 2026 at 6:10 PM ET
WFP to cut monthly Gaza aid for 500,000 people
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The UN World Food Programme said funding shortages are forcing it to end monthly assistance for about 500,000 people in Gaza. Its monthly caseload will fall by about a third, from 1.6 million to 1.1 million, even as two-thirds of the territory’s population remains acutely food insecure.
WHO: The UN World Food Programme
WHAT: The World Food Programme said it would end monthly assistance to about 500,000 people in Gaza.
WHEN: Oct 19, 2026
WHERE: Gaza
WHY: Funding shortages are forcing the aid cuts.
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