WFP warns of deeper aid cuts in Gaza amid funding shortfall
The UN World Food Programme may further reduce aid to Gaza, where it supports 70% of residents, unless it receives additional funding.
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AIThe United Nations World Food Programme warned on Thursday that it may be forced to make further cuts to its aid in Gaza, where it currently supports 70 percent of the population, unless it receives additional funding.
According to Reuters, the warning comes after the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global hunger monitoring initiative, reported that more than two-thirds of Gaza's population could face severe hunger by the end of the year as humanitarian organizations reduce aid deliveries due to funding shortages.
The IPC found that the number of people facing acute hunger in Gaza dropped to 1.2 million between mid-April and the end of June.
However, that figure is expected to rise to over 1.4 million people, or 67 percent of the population, by December, with the IPC warning that recent improvements are at risk as aid supplies begin to decline.