The World Food Programme reduced monthly food assistance in the West Bank to 200,000 Palestinians in September 2026, down from 400,000 previously.

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The World Food Programme requires $450 million over the six months following October 2026 to maintain operations in Gaza and the West Bank, after receiving less than half its usual funding for Palestine in 2026.

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The World Food Programme reduced daily hot meal distribution in Gaza from 250,000 to 150,000 meals, with deliveries in hard-to-reach areas near the Israeli-controlled yellow line falling from daily to every other day in October 2026.

A UNICEF survey cited in October 2026 found that one in eight children in Gaza is chronically malnourished or stunted, while World Food Programme data showed only one in five children consumes a sufficiently diverse diet.

Under the October 2026 World Food Programme aid reductions in Gaza, food ration parcels per family are halved from two to one, wheat flour bags shrink, and cash assistance values for 75,000 families fall from 1,250 to 750 shekels ($400 to $240).

World Food Programme country director Shaun Hughes and acting executive director Carl Skau warned in October 2026 that aid cuts arriving alongside winter could reverse fragile gains made in Gaza since the 2025 ceasefire.

World Food Programme acting executive director Carl Skau stated in October 2026 that shipping restrictions on tools, commodities, and fuel in Gaza inflate operational transport and warehousing costs, exacerbating the impact of funding cuts.

On October 19, 2026, the World Food Programme announced it is ending monthly food assistance to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza, reducing its total monthly aid recipients in the enclave from 1.6 million to 1.1 million people.

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According to the World Food Programme September 2026 market monitor, 44 percent of Gaza households were unable to afford basic food items, and 44 percent of Palestinians in the territory went to bed hungry at least once in a 30-day period.

Displaced Gazan residents Khaled and Fatima Mohamed told news reporters in October 2026 that their families rely entirely on World Food Programme food parcels and cash assistance to survive amid high market prices for nutritious foods like eggs and chicken.

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