West Bank Aid Cuts
World Food Programme halves West Bank food assistance amid a severe funding shortfall.
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76% of West Bank households have experienced a significant decline in income, and 12% of people are experiencing poor food consumption, with rural areas and the southern West Bank most affected.
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In Gaza, cash assistance was cut by 40% in July for about 375,000 people, while the World Food Programme says it urgently needs about $386 million over the next six months to aid roughly two million people across Gaza and the West Bank.
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About 900,000 Palestinians in the West Bank are food insecure—more than a quarter of the population—with this figure having more than doubled since 2023 and 11% were insecure two years ago.
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The funding crunch is linked to escalating settler violence and displacement, which are eroding livelihoods and driving up hunger in the West Bank.
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Western donors have scaled back aid across the board, reflecting competing domestic priorities, and contributing to broader funding shortfalls for WFP operations.
The World Food Programme is cutting food aid to the West Bank in half, reducing assistance from 400,000 to 200,000 people due to severe funding shortages News Sources. The cuts come as hunger has surged dramatically — about 900,000 Palestinians in the West Bank are now food insecure, more than double the 11% who faced hunger just two years ago.
Hunger Crisis Deepens Across the West Bank
Food insecurity in the West Bank has exploded. About 900,000 Palestinians — more than a quarter of the population — cannot afford enough food Journal Advocate. The crisis is hitting rural areas and the southern West Bank hardest, where 76% of households have seen incomes drop sharply.
Beyond hunger, Palestinians face a broader squeeze. Rising food and fuel prices, combined with escalating settler violence and displacement, are destroying livelihoods Twin Cities. About 12% of West Bank residents are experiencing poor food consumption — meaning they're eating too little or too irregularly.
WFP Warns Cuts Will Worsen Without New Funding
The food agency's country director, Shaun Hughes, emphasized that aid should be expanded, not cut. WFP says it urgently needs $386 million over the next six months to help roughly two million people across Gaza and the West Bank Sun Sentinel. Without that money, more cuts are coming.
Gaza faces its own crisis. The WFP cut cash assistance by 40% in July for about 375,000 people Orange County Register. Now, with 1.5 million Gazans receiving WFP help, any further funding collapse threatens to deepen hunger across the entire region.
Donor Fatigue Leaves Gap in Emergency Relief
Western donors have scaled back aid across multiple humanitarian programs, reflecting competing domestic priorities at home News Sources. The funding crunch is not unique to the West Bank — it reflects a broader pattern of aid reductions that have left gaps in emergency relief across the region.
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