Video: Gaza's farmers struggle to make living on war's front lines
Al-Monitor met with Ahmed Felfel and his wife Jazia at the couple's farm in the Gaza Strip, where they spoke about the impact of war, water scarcity and border closures on their livelihood.
Ahmed Felfel and his wife, Jazia, had a bad harvest this year.
“The agricultural situation was the worst,” Jazia Felfel said. “All farmers are broke.”
The couple's farm, located in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, sits near the border with Israel, caught between the Palestinian “right of return” protests and Israeli military sniper fire.
The security situation only adds more pressure for farmers, who must deal with a broken supply chain that affects the quality of their strawberries, blueberries and tomatoes.
