The WFP said it was reducing the number of recipients of its monthly assistance to 1.1 million people from 1.6 million. WFP said about 1.4 million people face crisis levels of food insecurity or worse, including roughly 200,000 people in emergency conditions Key points and original sources are listed below.

• The WFP said it was reducing the number of recipients of its monthly assistance to 1.1 million people from 1.6 million.S1

• WFP said about 1.4 million people face crisis levels of food insecurity or worse, including roughly 200,000 people in emergency conditionsS2

• Amid funding shortages, the World Food Program has said it is being forced to reduce necessary aid. Over two-thirds of Palestinians in Gaza are facing acute hunger, according to the agency.S3

• The World Food Programme has reduced monthly food assistance from 1.6 million to 1.1 million people in Gaza, halved food rations and cut daily hot meals as funding shortages threaten humanitarian operations.Cairo/Gaza, October 19: The United Nations World Food...S4

• Programme reduces monthly support to 1.1 million people as two-thirds of the population face crisis-level food insecurityS5

• The UN agency says funding shortages threaten to reverse 'modest and fragile' progress on food security.S6

• By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud IssaCAIRO/GAZA, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The UN World Food Programme has said funding shortages are forcing major cuts to its aid programme in Gaza, leaving about 500,000 people without monthly food support in a territory where two-t...S7