Displaced Palestinians Protest Reduced Food Aid in Gaza

2026-05-19 08:59:19

(MENAFN) Dozens of displaced Palestinians gathered outside a World Central Kitchen distribution site in central Gaza to protest reductions in hot meal assistance, warning that the cuts could push vulnerable families back toward famine-like conditions, according to reports.

At the organization’s facility in Al-Masdar village, men, women, and children assembled with signs calling for the continuation of food aid and urging the organization to reverse its decision.

Some demonstrators struck empty cooking pots as a symbol of protest, voicing frustration over what they described as a critical lifeline for displaced households being scaled back.

World Central Kitchen said the decision was “driven entirely by financial pressure” and emphasized that it did not reflect a decline in humanitarian need within Gaza.

The organization also stated that it would continue providing hundreds of thousands of hot meals daily, after previously expanding operations to around 1 million meals a day in response to worsening conditions.

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