Claire Nevill, WFP spokesperson for the Palestinian territories, told The Associated Press that the agency urgently needs an additional $386 million over the next six months to assist an estimated 2 million food-insecure people across Gaza and the West Bank. ^[1] The United Nations World Food Program announced on Tuesday that it will reduce food assistance in the West Bank from 400,000 people to 200,000 people beginning this month due to severe funding shortages. ^[2] The WFP said on Tuesday that critical financing constraints mean it must pull back on assistance, reducing its support for 400,000 people in the West Bank to 200,000. ^[3] The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Tuesday that it must halve the scope of its assistance in the occupied West Bank due to funding issues. ^[4] According to recent U.N. figures, about one in five families in Gaza ate only one meal a day, while half reported running out of food entirely at least once in the previous month. ^[5] The WFP warned that it may be forced to make further cuts in Gaza, where it supports 1.5 million people, unless it secures new funding. ^[6] Starting this month, food assistance provided to families in the West Bank in the form of cash, vouchers, food, livelihood programmes and nutritional services will be cut, the WFP said in a statement. ^[7]