Gaza’s agriculture on the verge of collapse

…Deputy-minister of agriculture, Ibrahim Al-Qedra, said in a statement faxed to the press that the fishing industry alone needs 20,000 liters of gasoline and 6,000 liters of Benzene, noting that the fishing season is focused on April and May

Al-Qedra stated that the lack of fuel has led to a complete stoppage of all agricultural equipment and that machines at local canning factories have already stopped working due to lack of fuel.


…Currently, Israel allows very limited fuel shipments from Israel into the Gaza Strip, as the coastal region has already suffered a shortage of fuel supplies for the past five months, with Israel closing border crossings since June 2007 after Hamas’s seizure of Gaza.

International Middle East Media Center