Conflict & Security
Gaza food crisis deepens as WFP cuts aid and bakeries close over flour shortages
October 23, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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6 reports · over 4 hours
The World Food Programme has reduced aid to Gaza, drawing protests, while the Egyptian committee has launched food distributions to offset the shortfall.
- The World Food Programme has cut daily hot meals from 250,000 to 150,000 and removed about 500,000 Palestinians from recipient lists, citing funding shortfalls.
- National and Islamic factions held a protest at the programme's Gaza headquarters demanding the reduction be reversed.
- The Egyptian committee, working with World Central Kitchen, has begun distributing flour, bread and canned meat, giving tens of thousands of loaves daily.
- Gaza's Social Development Ministry warned that many bakeries have stopped operating and called for crossing points to be opened; the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory linked the closures to flour and fuel shortages.





