Funding cuts have forced the UN World Food Programme to stop supporting more than half a million people a month in Gaza, its Palestine director Shaun Hughes said.
WFP assistance reached about 1.6 million people during the summer, roughly three-quarters of Gaza’s population. With funding down by more than half compared with 2025, the agency cut monthly coverage to 1.1 million people from October. It has reduced food parcels, cash payments for market purchases and meals served in community kitchens.
Two-thirds of Gaza’s population face crisis-level food insecurity, while 200,000 people face emergency conditions, one level below famine on the IPC scale. WFP says it needs more than £300m over six months to restore and sustain its programmes in Palestine.
Aid shipments helped end a famine declared in summer 2025, but most families still depend on food assistance. More than a year after a Trump-brokered ceasefire took effect, promised reconstruction has yet to begin and jobs remain scarce, leaving households exposed as winter approaches.
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