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Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza

Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza

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The World Food Programme, the UN's food aid agency, says it needs $450m to keep its work going for the next six months. Its acting head, Carl Skau, said on Monday that this month the number of people it helps in Gaza fell from 1.6 million to 1.1 million. The agency will now focus on the sick, mothers and children.

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