World Food Programme cuts Gaza aid over funding gaps

The World Food Programme is cutting aid to Gaza because of funding shortages, reducing the number of people it helps from 1.6 million to 1.1 million. The UN agency says 1.4 million people in Gaza are suffering acute food shortages and conditions are "absolutely brutal," despite the U.S.-brokered Hamas-Israel ceasefire.

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Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza

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The number of people helped by the UN agency in the Palestinian territory will drop by about a third - from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.

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Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza

The number of people helped by the UN agency in the Palestinian territory will drop by about a third - from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.

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'Life is absolutely brutal in Gaza,' says World Food Programme head

The UN's World Food Programme says 1.4 million people in Gaza are suffering acute food shortages and that funding gaps are forcing cutbacks in critical aid, despite the U.S. brokered Hamas-Israel ceasefire.

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