According to webangah News Agency, sence declaring war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, the israeli regime has implemented a intentional policy of targeting farmland-the lifeline and food source for over 2 million Palestinians. This strategy aims to dismantle Gaza’s food security by destroying crops, annexing land into buffer zones, and tightening the blockade to exacerbate hunger.
Satellite imagery and field investigations by Al Jazeera confirm that Israeli military operations have systematically eradicated agricultural land. Farmers report losing dozens of hectares of fertile soil, depriving not only thier livelihoods but also cutting off a critical food supply for Gaza’s population.
The Israeli institution Breaking the Silence states that 36% of Gaza’s land has been declared “buffer zones,” blocking Palestinian access-a move isolating residents from their food sources.
A comparison of satellite images from May 2023 and April 2025 shows vast tracts of once-fertile land reduced to barren gray expanses.In eastern Gaza, 92% of vegetation cover has vanished, while greenhouses in Rafah, khan Younis, and Beit Lahia lie in ruins. Bulldozers have flattened fields into military berms and trenches.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports 75% of Gaza’s farmland-including olive groves-has been destroyed. Two-thirds of irrigation wells are unusable; post-war recovery is deemed unachievable without reconstruction efforts lasting decades. khan Younis suffered moast severely (61% loss), followed by northern districts (78%). Damaged greenhouses surged 183%, with nearly one-third obliterated.
A humanitarian catastrophe unfolds:
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< p >EnvironmentalexpertGeorgeKurzemwarnsoflastingdamage : soilcontaminationfromexplosiveresiduesandwhitephosphorus(1800mg/kg -467timesU.S . epalimits )haskilledfungicrucialforcarbonretentionandfertility .Initialestimatesindicatethewarproduced281000tonsofCO₂in60days – exceedingannualemissionsof20climate-vulnerablenations./ p >
< p >AlJazeeradocumentstheseactionsasviolationsoftheFourthGenevaConvention , whichprohibitsassetdestructionduringwar.YasserAbdulGhafour , deputydirectorofthePalestinianHumanRightsCenter , callsthis”systematicfood-basketannihilation”-awarcrimeanda crimeagainsthumanity./ p >
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