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The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an emergency operation to provide food assistance for up to one million people affected by the recent escalation between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. A statement released by WFP said the agency is distributing ready-to-eat food rations, bread, hot meals, and food parcels to families in shelters nationwide.
This weekend’s further escalation of the conflict underscored the need for an immediate humanitarian response, WFP said. This comes after thousands of people had already been displaced, compounding the fragility of a population burdened by accumulated crises. To continue these critical operations, WFP urgently requires 105 million dollar until the end of the year and calls on the international community to mobilise resources and support the humanitarian response, the statement added.