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Gaza: 500,000 people to lose food aid due to funding shortfall

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Gaza: 500,000 people to lose food aid due to funding shortfall

The World Food Programme will reduce its monthly aid in the Gaza Strip, from 1.6 million to 1.1 million beneficiaries, leaving around 500,000 people without essential food assistance. The measure is linked to a lack of funding, while two-thirds of the population remain acutely food insecure, according to the World Food Programme.

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