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APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Deir el-Balah, September 28, 2026. A Palestinian family harvests olives for the first time in two years after Israeli strikes on nearby agricultural land had prevented them from reaching their trees.

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RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Deir el-Balah, September 28, 2026. A Palestinian family harvests olives for the first time in two years after Israeli strikes on nearby agricultural land had prevented them from reaching their trees. SOUNDBITES: 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Radwan Hamed al-Taaban, Palestinian farmer STORYLINE: A Palestinian family harvested olives in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on September 28, 2026, for the first time in two years after Israeli strikes on nearby agricultural land had prevented them from reaching their trees. The olive harvest season comes amid widespread damage to farmland and olive trees caused by the three-year war, as Palestinians continue a tradition closely tied to their heritage and land.

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