Gaza officials say land contaminated by Israel

Ma'an
... Gaza’s soil was contaminated by chemicals released by Israeli weapons during last year's war on Gaza...

... estimated that the prohibition on farming in some areas would affect the livelihoods of 8,478 farmers and 33,000 agricultural workers.

According to the statement, losses sustained by the agricultural even before areas were declared unfit, was 587million US dollars.

... deputy head of the environmental quality authority, estimated that three million kilos of explosives were dropped on Gaza, averaging one ton per square kilometer of land.

The contamination may also affect rubble families are using to rebuild. The resourceful turning to recycled materials may prove disastrous, Naim warned, if the material is also contaminated with radioactive particles from the bombs. "It could affect the next several generations," he said.

Assistant professor of environmental science at the Islamic university Abdel Fattah Abed Rabbo 17% of the agricultural land was destroyed during the war, and 5% was now contaminated. Full story