The Israel-Hamas war has plunged Israel’s agricultural heartlands into crisis. Near Gaza, the military has banned all farming within 4 kilometers of the border fence and tightly monitors farmers whose lands lie just outside the no-go zone.
In the north near the Lebanese and Syrian borders, entire communities have been evacuated because of rocket fire from Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group. Ido Gilad, 17, picks pomegranates while volunteering on a farm in Ashkelon, Israel, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. In the north near the Lebanese and Syrian borders, entire communities have been evacuated because of rocket fire from Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group.
Chivivian lost his entire harvest in the few days following Oct. 7. He was unable to tend to his 65 acres as militants rampaged around his community. All of his crops — tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet potatoes — now lie dead in the fields and must be uprooted before he can till the soil anew and start over.
“If people act on this fear and begin importing more produce, we will be witnessing the slow death of Israeli agriculture,” he said. In an attempt to attract foreign workers back to evacuated areas, the Agriculture Ministry has said it will extend their work visas and give them bonuses of about $500 a month. It also plans to build greenhouses to make up for potential shortages, construct hundreds of bomb shelters near farms and support volunteer efforts to fill labor gaps.
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