Only 8.6% of Gaza’s cropland is still accessible: UN
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Ongoing Israeli aggression and deteriorating security conditions have made the safe delivery of humanitarian aid nearly impossible.
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Farmer Mahmoud al-Shaer picks tomatoes from crops growing in a greenhouse in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 25, 2025 (AP)
"Israel’s" air and ground assault has decimated nearly all of Gaza’s food production, leaving the population almost entirely dependent on international aid, according to a new report.
The study, released by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and its satellite analysis center, reveals that only 8.6% of Gaza’s cropland remains accessible, just 1.5% of which is both reachable and undamaged, after months of Israeli evacuation orders and military operations.
Ongoing Israeli aggression and deteriorating security conditions have made the safe delivery of humanitarian aid nearly impossible. While "Israel" has recently taken steps to increase aid entry, humanitarian groups say that these measures fall far short of what’s needed.
"Israel" denies that Gaza is facing widespread famine and accuses the UN of failing to distribute aid that has entered the territory.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported back in May that just 5% of agricultural land is left usable, compounding the risk of starvation in the ravaged Palestinian enclave.
From the air, Gaza resembles the 'ruins of an ancient civilization'
In a rare opportunity, The Guardian joined a Jordanian military airdrop mission over Gaza, offering a distant but harrowing glimpse of a land devastated by nearly two years of Israeli bombardment.
From the air, Gaza resembles an apocalyptic ruin, neighbourhoods flattened, roads leading nowhere, and cities reduced to dust and debris. Once vibrant and bustling, Gaza is now a skeletal landscape, not lost to time or nature, but deliberately razed by war.
The flight coincided with "Israel's" decision to resume humanitarian airdrops amid mounting global pressure over severe food and medicine shortages.
Even before the latest escalation, Gaza residents had endured chronic food shortages, compounded by "Israel’s" severe limitations on aid deliveries. Now, with infrastructure decimated and access to food nearly impossible, desperation is universal.
Gaza has become one of the most heavily bombed regions on earth, The Guardian revealed, with over 60,000 martyred and countless more buried under rubble.
