UN cuts aid to 500,000 Gazans over funding shortfall and other stories | Global News Podcast

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The World Food Programme says it will have to drastically reduce lifesaving food aid in Gaza because of a lack of funding.

Overall the number of Palestinians helped by the United Nations agency will drop by about a third from 1.6 million people to 1.1 million.

The agency says it urgently needs $450m over the next six months to sustain critical operations in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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Source: BBC News (video)

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