APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 22 September 2021. Palestinian workers remove chemical residues and agricultural pesticides caused by the Israeli bombing of factories during the recent 11-day confict between Israel and Hamas, in the northern of Gaza Strip.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 22 September 2021. Palestinian workers remove chemical residues and agricultural pesticides caused by the Israeli bombing of factories during the recent 11-day confict between Israel and Hamas, in the northern of Gaza Strip. STORYLINE: Israeli warplanes bombed warehouses of agricultural material in the Gaza Strip, burning tons of dangerous pesticides and setting off an unfolding environmental disaster, on May. The 11-day Israeli military offensive against the Gaza Strip that began on May 10 killed 256 Palestinians. More than 300 industrial and commercial facilities were damaged and seven factories were completely destroyed, according to the Gaza government. UNRWA estimated the damages to industrial facilities at about $40 million. During the last conflict besieged enclave has lost more than 50% of its agricultural production materials, most of it imported from Israel. The director of the Soil and Irrigation Department at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nizar al-Wahidi, warned of short- and long-term damage from the destruction of warehouses. “The direct damage is environmental pollution. The fire changed the physical and chemical properties of the soil and the underground water reservoir.” Wahidi, who was on the committee that studied the impact of the 2008 Israeli Operation Cast Lead on the environment in Gaza, explained that toxic substances could affect humans through the food chain as animals consume contaminated plants or through the aquifer. Footage by / APAwire
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