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Evacuees from conflict-hit Lebanon touch down in Belgium

Rosie Birchard in Brussels
October 12, 2024

As the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah intensifies, DW met some of those evacuated from Lebanon by the Belgian military.

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