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In Lebanon, more than a million flee their homes amid Israeli airstrikes

The World Food Program warns the humanitarian crisis triggered by war in the Middle East could ripple around the globe.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Matthew Hollingworth, assistant executive director of global operations at the World Food Program.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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