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Herbicide warfare against Gaza farmers
Thousands of acres of Gaza farmland have been damaged by Israel’s aerial spraying of herbicide.
Since 2014, the Israeli military has used crop-dusting planes to spray herbicide along Gaza’s eastern boundary. It has long razed agricultural and residential land along the so-called “buffer zone” to increase its soldiers’ field of vision.
The unannounced spraying of herbicide takes place inside Israel when winds blow the toxins into Gaza.
In 2016, Israel’s defense ministry admitted to the practice in response to a freedom of information request.
“It confirmed that the substances sprayed contained three herbicides,” according to a new report
by London-based research group Forensic Architecture:
Nearly 30 spraying operations took place along the Gaza-Israel boundary between 2014 and 2018.
Some 3,400 acres of farmland have been damaged by Israel’s aerial spraying, according to Gaza’s agriculture ministry.
Herbicide warfare against Gaza farmers
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Thousands of acres of Gaza farmland have been damaged by Israel’s aerial spraying of herbicide.
Since 2014, the Israeli military has used crop-dusting planes to spray herbicide along Gaza’s eastern boundary. It has long razed agricultural and residential land along the so-called “buffer zone” to increase its soldiers’ field of vision.
The unannounced spraying of herbicide takes place inside Israel when winds blow the toxins into Gaza.
In 2016, Israel’s defense ministry admitted to the practice in response to a freedom of information request.
“It confirmed that the substances sprayed contained three herbicides,” according to a new report
by London-based research group Forensic Architecture:
Nearly 30 spraying operations took place along the Gaza-Israel boundary between 2014 and 2018.
Some 3,400 acres of farmland have been damaged by Israel’s aerial spraying, according to Gaza’s agriculture ministry.
Herbicide warfare against Gaza farmers