NEW INVESTIGATION: Since Oct '23, the Israeli military has systematically targeted agricultural land and infrastructure in Gaza. To mark Land Day in Palestine, we present our analysis of this widespread destruction as an act of ecocide that supports Israel’s genocidal campaign.
We used remote sensing to measure the scale of agricultural destruction by comparing the region’s ‘vegetation index’ before and after the ground invasion. Our analysis reveals that as of Mar 2024, ~40% of the land in Gaza previously used for food production has been destroyed.
Agricultural infrastructure has also been targeted in the present invasion. Our analysis reveals that since Oct 2023, ~1/3 of Gaza’s greenhouses have been destroyed. We identified >2000 sites where entire farms were uprooted, often replaced by Israeli army earthworks.
Destruction has been most intense in northern Gaza, where 90% of greenhouses were destroyed in the early stages of the ground invasion. Since Jan ‘24, 40% of greenhouses around the southern city of Khan Younis have been destroyed.
Israeli destruction of agriculture and uprooting of farms/greenhouses fundamental to local food production has exacerbated the ongoing famine in Gaza and is part of a wider pattern of depriving Palestinians of critical resources for survival. Read more: forensic-architecture.org/investigation/…
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