UN food agency halves West Bank aid from 400,000 to 200,000 people because of funding shortages
Summary
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) is reducing food aid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank from 400,000 to 200,000 people because it lacks enough money. The agency also cut cash support in Gaza and warns that it may have to reduce aid further unless it receives more funding.Key Facts
- WFP will cut food assistance in the West Bank by half starting this month.
- Cash aid in Gaza was reduced by 40% for 375,000 people in July, with more cuts likely soon.
- WFP needs an extra $386 million over six months to help 2 million people in Gaza and the West Bank.
- Economic problems, violence, and loss of farmland are making food insecurity worse.
- About 900,000 people in the West Bank are currently food insecure.
- In Gaza, one in five families ate only one meal a day recently, and many ran out of food.
- Prices for food and fuel in the West Bank remain very high.
- Aid deliveries have continued, but security issues and hostilities still make it hard to help people.
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