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World Food Program head says Middle East conflict is worsening ongoing food crisis

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published June 9, 2026 at 12:04 PM EDT
Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)
Abdel Kareem Hana/AP
Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped by parachutes into Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Carl Skau, acting executive director of the United Nation’s World Food Program, about the deepening food crisis, made worse by the conflict in the Middle East.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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