World Food Programme cuts food assistance to half a million Gaza families due to funding shortages [SOUND]

# The United Nations World Food Programme is slashing food assistance to families in the Gaza Strip by roughly one-third, a move that will affect some 500-thousand people. This is due to funding shortages. Since the October 2025 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, UN teams have reached around 1.6 million people monthly with food parcels and cash assistance. WFP’s Shaun Hughes says they urgently require 7.425 billion-rand to maintain critical operations in Gaza and the West Bank through to March next year: