Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has reached even the smallest sources of livelihood, destroying agricultural traditions that Palestinians have been practicing for centuries.
The Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival of a centuries-old Palestinian cultural tradition.
The olive harvest in Gaza is at risk, but the people of the land refuse to give up.
With 96 percent of Gaza’s farmland destroyed, farmers are returning to fields buried in rubble and unexploded ordnance, but Israel’s blockade is making recovery nearly impossible.