[World Food Program cuts food aid in Gaza due to shortage of funds, affecting about 500,000 people] October 19, local time, the United Nations World Food Program announced that due to a shortage of funds, the agency’s food aid in the Gaza Strip will be cut by about one-third, and about 500,000 people will lose critical assistance. According to measures announced by the World Food Program, food rations in the Gaza Strip will be halved, and recipient families will now only receive one food package (previously two) and smaller bags of wheat flour. The daily supply of hot meals has been reduced from 250,000 to 150,000. Families living in hard-to-reach areas such as near the Israeli military-controlled "yellow line" will receive hot meals once a day instead of once every other day. In addition, the amount of cash assistance received by 75,000 households has also been reduced. (CCTV News)