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  "id": 15599537,
  "title": "WFP ending aid for half million in Gaza due to funding shortfall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/wfp-ending-aid-for-half-million-in-gaza-due-to-funding-shortfall",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T11:07:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
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    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/world-food-programme-says-ending-aid-half-million-gaza-due-funding"
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  "summary": "WFP ending aid for half million in Gaza due to funding shortfall The UN's World Food Programme said on Monday that it would end monthly assistance to 500,000 people in Gaza due to a funding shortfall, while warning that needs remained acute. \"As of this month, we're now cutting half a million people from the number of people that we're assisting,\" Shaun Hughes, the WFP country director, told AFP.…",
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        "title": "UN World Food Programme slashes Gaza assistance amid funding shortfall",
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        "published": "2026-10-19T06:02:37.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "World Food Programme cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza, cites funding shortages",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/world-food-programme-cuts-aid-to-500-000-palestinians-in-gaza-cites",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Half a million Palestinians face food aid cuts in Gaza",
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        "published": "2026-10-19T08:47:31.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "WFP cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza amid funding shortages",
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        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "UN food program cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/un-food-program-cuts-aid-to-500-000-palestinians-in-gaza",
        "published": "2026-10-19T11:41:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "UN food agency to cut aid to 500,000 people in Gaza as funding dries up",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/un-food-agency-to-cut-aid-to-500-000-people-in-gaza-as-funding-dries",
        "published": "2026-10-19T13:46:51.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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