APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 2 June 2021. Adham El Bassiouni, spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture speaks during a press conference in Gaza city
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The total damage incurred by the agricultural sector in Gaza due to the Israeli military escalation amounted to 204 million $
Gaza’s housing ministry said that 16,800 housing units had been damaged. Of those, 1,800 had become unfit for living and 1,000 were destroyed completely.
Local sources estimated the bombardments had caused $40 million in damage to factories and the strip’s industrial zone and other industrial facilities, in addition to $22 million in damage to the energy sector.
Gaza's agriculture ministry estimated around $27 million in damage that included greenhouses, agricultural lands and poultry farms.
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