Annual Country Report 2023: State of Palestine. Country Strategic Plan 2023-2028

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2023.

English

77 p.

ELR2270

Famine looms in the Gaza Strip, where the entire population of 2.2 million people faces alarming levels of acute food insecurity. Four out of every five people have been displaced, trapped in overcrowded areas and barely accessing aid. In response to this escalating crisis, WFP has ramped-up its emergency cash and food assistance, supporting over 1.5 million Palestinians across Gaza and the West Bank in 2023, three times higher than planned. With strong support from its donor partners, WFP disbursed monthly electronic cash vouchers totalling over USD 25 million to nearly 500,000 beneficiaries. This assistance included individuals deprioritized in June in Gaza and the West Bank due to funding shortfalls and around 132,000 new recipients affected by Gaza hostilities. Eight weeks into the conflict, local shops and markets in Gaza were depleted of essential food supplies due to the suspension of commercial cargo deliveries. Consequently, WFP shifted to blanket in-kind food assistance, reaching over 1 million affected Palestinians. In each round of distribution, displaced people residing in host communities received food parcels covering their immediate food needs for 15 days.

Electronic ed.

ELR 2270

English

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