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Gaza Farmers Return to Fields

Farmers in Gaza are reaping the benefits of the latest cease-fire, returning to their borderland farms after years of Israeli occupation — but how long will the peace hold, asks Rami Almeghari from Gaza.
Palestinian farmers harvest wheat on a farm in Khan Younis on the southern Gaza Strip May 6, 2012. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: SOCIETY AGRICULTURE BUSINESS)

Almost a month has passed since Israel and Gaza-based armed factions agreed to an Egyptian-mediated ceas-fire that ended eight days of intensive Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip.

Part of the cease-fire agreement was that Israel would ease its blockade on the Hamas-held territory. Israel has indeed relinquished control of some farmland within the Gaza Strip that had been used as a buffer zone.

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