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Hi, Malika here. As we begin 2025, we're reflecting here at the take on the stories that define the year we've just left behind.

In 2024, Lebanon became the center of a growing humanitarian crisis,

as the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalated.

Sweeping evacuation orders and Israeli airstrikes displaced more than a million people,

uprooting communities in a country already

struggling with economic and political turmoil. The sheer scale of the displacement marked one

of the year's devastating moments. But along with the chaos, there were acts of solidarity,

neighbors opening their homes, strangers sharing what they had, and local organizations

filling gaps left by governments and the international community. For the displaced, though,

the question remained. How do you survive when there's nowhere truly safe to go? This episode

originally aired on October 2nd, 2024.

All dates and references reflect that time.

Here's the show.

Today, more than one million Lebanese are asking, where can I go that's safe?

What we fear is further displacement. It's enough that they blew up our houses. Now we're all in the streets.

A new Israeli incursion will mean that number keeps rising.

And many feel like there's nowhere left to run.

I'm Malika Bilal, and this is the take.

My name is Sally Abul-Jud I'm a Beirut-based journalist. I work with a local media outlet called L'Oryon Today.

So, Sally, we're hearing reports about a ballistic missile launch from Iran to Israel.

We've got breaking news upon breaking news upon breaking news this hour.

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