Gaza
World Food Programme warns of hunger crisis across Palestinian territories
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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The World Food Programme says one-third of West Bank residents cannot meet their basic food needs, the Shehab Wire agency reported. Family assistance payments have dropped by half owing to insufficient funding, forcing the organization to withdraw support from roughly 200,000 people. The reduction comes as humanitarian demand has doubled across the past two years.
The crisis extends into Gaza, where ninety percent of the population faces food insecurity risks. The shortfall in donations has compelled the UN agency to curtail its operations in both the West Bank and Gaza. Aid workers have warned that the funding gap threatens to deepen the humanitarian emergency in the territories.
