November 27, 2023 10:45 am | Updated 10:45 am IST - ChennaiIn October, Israel hit the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza with a 2,000-pound bomb twice. According to one estimate, 45% of arable land in the occupied Palestinian territories is covered by olive trees. Israel is currently working on developing a ‘buffer zone’ – a thin strip of land separating Gaza from itself. Israel has insisted that the combination is sprayed only along Israel-controlled areas, but the wind often carries it deeper into Gaza. Even the sectioning off of Palestinian territories causes ecological harm, she added: “You need contiguous spaces, you need microclimates, you need those microbiomes to nature a variety of species.

Source: The Hindu November 27, 2023 19:38 UTC