隨着削減，估計加沙地區有約110萬巴勒斯坦人——仍佔當地人口大約一半——每月會透過聯合國機構獲得食物或現金援助，但金額將有所削減。
世界糧食計劃署表示，其在去年的加沙飢荒中所作的努力曾有緩解效果——但以色列對該評估提出異議——並警告，情況尚未改善到可以去除援助的程度。
「呢個一直都係生存線。但而家，唔係可以維持同擴大援助，而係實際上要縮減援助，」WFP 的國家主任 Shaun Hughes 在該機構位於東耶路撒冷的辦公室對法新社表示。
「而且，呢個唔係因為我哋缺乏人道救援去發放糧食，係因為我哋冇資金。」
根據最新評估，約有140萬人——佔加沙人口的三分之二——仍然「嚴重糧食不安全」，需要人道援助才能生存，他說。
極其艱難
「對母親而言，最艱難嘅事就係見到孩子挨餓而無力提供食物，」45歲嘅 Samaher al-Najjar，來自南部城市汗尤尼斯話。
「我哋住喺帳篷入面，冇錢買齊我哋所需嘅嘢。我哋靠援助去提供部分糧食，」佢話。
「我哋只想確保我哋嘅孩子每日都有嘢食。呢種情況嘅後果將會極其艱難。」
加沙城嘅40歲男子 Ayman Daghmash 稱援助削減嘅消息「令人害怕」。
「援助曾經幫我哋撐過幾日，但而家我哋唔知道點樣滿足家人嘅需要，特別係加沙嘅社區廚房早前停止營運之後，」佢話。
「亦無工作或穩定收入，糧食價格亦超出我哋嘅承受能力。如果各方援助停止，我哋點樣養活我哋嘅孩子？」
The WFP was able to bring in more assistance after a US-brokered ceasefire took effect a year ago. Israel has kept striking Gaza since then, vowing to kill anyone involved in the Oct 7 attack.
Between 1.5 million and 1.8 million people have been receiving assistance every month.
In addition to reducing the number of people who receive rations, the WFP will shrink the content.
Families receiving food assistance will now get only one food parcel instead of two and a smaller bag of wheat flour, the WFP said in an operational note.
The 75,000 families who receive assistance in cash will see the amount reduced from 1,250 to 750 shekels (US$400 to US$240) per month.
The WFP is funded by governments as well as private donors. It has seen a sharp drop in resources, including after President Donald Trump returned to power in the United States and drastically slashed contributions to UN agencies, as well as bilateral aid.
The agency says it needs about US$450 million over the next six months for its operations in Gaza and the West Bank, but in 2026 it has only received about half the usual financing for the Palestinian territories.
In September, the agency also reduced by half the number of aid recipients in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, from 400,000 to 200,000.
Israel has allowed more goods into Gaza under the terms of the Trump ceasefire, but still turns away shipments of anything that is seen as having potential military use – a policy that has included blocking even prosthetic limbs, according to the United Nations.
Israel has ramped up longstanding criticism of the United Nations since the Gaza war, accusing the world body of bias and perpetuating dependency among Palestinians.
