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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza

Gaza food production ‘decimated’ with 70% of farmland hit, UN finds

Shepherds herd a flock of sheep near a destroyed building
Shepherds herd a flock of sheep near a building destroyed during an Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on 19 November 2024. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

More than 90% of cattle have died and about 70% of land for crops in Gaza has been destroyed or damaged since the beginning of the war in the territory, an analysis of satellite imagery by the UN has found.

More than half of sheep and goat herds have been wiped out, while more than three-quarters of the territory’s famous orchards have been destroyed or damaged, the survey in September found.

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