Economic war to displace Gaza residents

Despite the ceasefire declared in the Gaza Strip in October 2015, Israel established what is known as the “Yellow Line,” an invisible border that effectively divided Gaza in two. In subsequent months, the Israeli army expanded the Yellow Line to annex more territory, and it now encompasses nearly 70% of the Strip. Daily Israeli strikes target an area of ​​128 square kilometers—less than a third of the Strip’s total area—home to two million Palestinians, a situation that is both overcrowded and agonizing. Relief and reconstruction efforts are at a standstill, while Israel’s war of attrition, starvation, and blockade against two million people in Gaza continues unabated. The occupation has destroyed all the infrastructure for agriculture in the Strip. Ninety-six percent of agricultural land, greenhouses, and groundwater wells in Gaza have been destroyed. Beth Becdell, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),testified that this level of destruction represents a complete collapse of the agricultural food system and the lifeline of Gaza. The FAO reported that the occupation army destroyed 95% of the livestock and more than half of the sheep and goat herds. Meat disappeared from the markets, and the price of a single chicken reached 500 shekels, compared to 30 shekels before the war. Were crops, water, livestock, and poultry considered terrorist targets?!

The Israeli army bombed bakeries in the Gaza Strip, depriving residents of bread. Only 50 out of 140 bakeries survived the bombing, and all were subsequently closed at the beginning of last year due to the halt in flour and cooking gas deliveries. The price of flour skyrocketed from one dollar per kilogram to 50 dollars! A bundle of bread reached 15 dollars instead of half a dollar. The occupation forces killed thousands of residents in queues at the American-run