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UN agency to end monthly aid to 500,000 people in Gaza over funding shortfall

UN agency to end monthly aid to 500,000 people in Gaza over funding shortfall

The World Food Programme said Monday it would end monthly assistance to 500,000 people in Gaza due to a funding shortfall, despite acute needs in the war-battered Palestinian territory. With the cutbacks, 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza — still about half the population — will b

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