WFP Warns Gaza Aid Faces Deeper Cuts as Donor Fatigue and Funding Shortfalls Grow
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that it may be forced to make deeper cuts to food assistance in Gaza unless additional funding is secured.
The warning follows a recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report projecting that more than 1.4 million people, around 67% of Gaza’s population, could face acute food insecurity by the end of the year as humanitarian aid declines.
The WFP currently supports about 70% of Gaza’s population, but said recent funding shortages have already reduced cash assistance for thousands of people and cut food rations for hundreds of thousands of households. Without new financial support, the agency expects much larger reductions by October.
WFP officials said the main challenge is donor fatigue, as global attention shifts to other crises. The agency estimates it needs more than $420 million to maintain operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank through the end of the year.
Israel's Foreign Ministry said it does not restrict food entering Gaza and stated that large quantities of food have entered the territory since the October 2025 ceasefire.
