In addition to the continuous fire between the members of Hamas and the Israeli Army, the lack of medicines and medical care, its inhabitants Gauze They are faced with absolute hunger as less than 5% of arable land can now be cultivated.
On the one hand, the absolute destruction of bombings, on the other hand, have ruled out the citizens of the Gaza Strip from arable land, further exacerbating the food production and increasing the stimulus risk, The latest assessment of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and United Nations Satellite Center (UNOSAT).
The disaster level is not just about infrastructure loss – ‘it is about collapse of agri -food system And the Life Life Lines of Gaza, “says Beth Bechdol, FAO’s deputy director.
The study used high -resolution satellite photos. This material was compared to the satellite recording of the soil before the war.
By April 2025, more than 80% of total arable land of Palestinian pocket had been damaged and 77,8% no longer accessible to growers. Only 4.6% is available for cultivation. The situation is particularly critical in Rafa And in the northern sector, where access is impossible for almost all of the land.
The 71.2% of greenhouse have been damaged or damaged. Rafa is the area with the largest greenhouses. 82.8% of drilling has been damaged or damaged throughout the Gaza Strip.
Prior to the war, agriculture was 10% of Gaza’s economy. About 560,000 people were dealing exclusively or partially with agricultural crops, livestock farming, fishing for their livelihood.