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<article data-history-node-id="430941" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/almost-wiped-out-israeli-restrictions-stifle-recovery-gazas-farmlands" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/almost-wiped-out-israeli-restrictions-stifle-recovery-gazas-farmlands" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Naim Abu Amra's land in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah used to be covered with greenhouses.</p> <p>On the 11-dunam&nbsp;(one hectare) stretch of land east of Abu Holi, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;farmer&nbsp;grew tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and&nbsp;courgettes, with some seasonal rotations of eggplants and leafy vegetables to keep the soil healthy.</p> <p>But after Israel's genocidal war&nbsp;began in October 2023, everything changed. The entire area was declared a "no-go zone".&nbsp;His greenhouses were destroyed, irrigation pipes torn apart and the well filled with sand and debris.</p> <p>"Military bulldozers levelled the land to bare soil; even the plastic and metal structures melted under the bombing," Abu Amra told Middle East Eye.</p> <p>His once-thriving fields were left unusable, covered in rubble and littered with unexploded ordnance.</p> <p>The two-year onslaught has rendered over 95 percent of Gaza's agricultural land inaccessible, according to a&nbsp;<a href="https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/c4be554e-170f-413e-ae57-f77030be8d09/content" target="_blank">joint assessment</a>&nbsp;in July by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).</p> <p>The data revealed that, as of May, 80 percent of Gaza's cropland was damaged, while 77.8 percent of that land is now inaccessible to farmers.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/almost-wiped-out-israeli-restrictions-stifle-recovery-gazas-farmlands">'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>

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