WFP is cutting Gaza food aid because of a funding shortfall. On 19 October 2026 it said about 500,000 people would lose monthly assistance, recipients would fa…
About 500,000 people lose monthly aid as recipients fall from 1.6 million to 1.1 million. Rations are halved and hot meals drop to 150,000 a day.
OCHA said daily cooked meals fell from about 695,000 to 614,000. One parcel plus flour covered only half of a household's minimum calories.
WFP cut West Bank recipients from 400,000 to 200,000 and warned Gaza could face new cuts as funding ran short.
The IPC found improvements after the ceasefire but projected 1.4 million people in Crisis or worse through December 2026.
After WFP reached 1.6 million people in January, supply shortages forced rations down to about half of minimum calories.
The IPC said famine was no longer occurring after the ceasefire, but 1.6 million people remained in Crisis or worse.
The IPC confirmed famine in Gaza Governorate affecting about 514,000 people, the first confirmed outside Africa.
No aid entered for weeks. All 25 WFP bakeries closed on 31 March and the last food stocks went to kitchens on 25 April.
A 109-truck UN food convoy was raided near Kerem Shalom and 98 trucks were lost.
At least 16 donors paused over US$440 million after allegations against some UNRWA staff, putting aid for over 2 million people at risk.
WFP warned that 200,000 people, 60% of its Palestine recipients, would lose aid for lack of funding.
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