BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — About 1,000 feet from the fence separating the Gaza Strip and Israel, Samar al-Baa, who is the first female beekeeper in Gaza, is busy checking beehives and extracting honey.
Baa’s father, Othman al-Baa, was a famous farmer and beekeeper in Beit Hanoun village in the northern Gaza Strip, but he was killed by an Israeli missile that hit the land while he was collecting honey in 2006. Following their father's tragic death, the family abandoned the land, and the apiary was left behind.
