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Palestinian farmers harvest watermelon from a field in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, May 8, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israeli planes spray herbicides inside Gaza for fourth time this year

Israeli planes have been reported spraying herbicides over land inside the Gaza Strip on four occasions in 2017, including twice in the last two days. Israeli planes sprayed herbicides inside the Gaza Strip for the second day running on Wednesday and the fourth time this year, according to local farmers and Israeli rights NGO Gisha. A video…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland April 5, 2017

Illustrative photo of a crop-duster spraying agricultural lands with chemical agents. (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)

Gaza farmers demand IDF compensation for herbicide spraying

The Israeli army sprayed herbicides in the Gaza Strip late last year, causing damage to hundreds of acres of Palestinian farmland. Now the farmers want an investigation — and compensation. A number of Palestinian farmers are demanding compensation from the State of Israel for damage their crops and land sustained as a result of the…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man July 11, 2016

A Palestinian farmer walks through fields near Gaza’s eastern border, Al Montar, February 17, 2014. An Israeli military post is seen in the distance to the left, with the border indicated by the dark green areas passing through it. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

IDF admits spraying herbicides inside the Gaza Strip

The army says aerial spraying was meant to ‘enable security operations.’ Palestinian farmers say hundreds of acres of crops were damaged or destroyed. The Israel army has confirmed that it used crop-dusters to kill off vegetation — and perhaps inadvertently, agricultural crops — inside the Gaza Strip last week. According to Palestinian officials, over 420…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man December 28, 2015

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