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WFP cuts food aid in Gaza, affecting 500,000 Palestinians

By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Expresso das Ilhas

The World Food Programme will reduce its assistance in the Gaza Strip, leaving 500,000 Palestinians without monthly aid due to a lack of resources. About 1.4 million of the 2.1 million residents remain in a situation of acute food insecurity, according to Shaun Hughes, the agency’s head in the Palestinian territories, quoted by AFP.

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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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