The Israeli occupation’s genocide in Gaza has inflicted unprecedented devastation on the enclave’s agricultural sector
According to a statement from the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture Israel have inflicted “unprecedented devastation” on Gaza. In the almost three years since the genocide began Israel have repeatedly carried out damage to Palestinian infrastructure. Gaza: agricultural losses estimated in the billions Damage exceeded 85 percent across most agricultural sub-sectors, resulting in a near total collapse of the agricultural production system. Losses were estimated to be worth around £2.6 billion. More than 87 percent of agricultural land used for growing crops was damaged, so local food production severely declined, Around 8700 agricultural water wells were also rendered inoperable. The agricultural irrigation…
