Back الأضرار البيئية في قطاع غزة الناجمة عن الحرب الفلسطينية الإسرائيلية Arabic Impacto ambiental de la guerra Israel-Gaza Spanish
There has been extensive environmental damage caused by the ongoing Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (itself a part of the Gaza war),[1] including the destruction of agricultural land, displacement of people, bombing of Gaza, the Israeli blockade, and famine in the Gaza Strip.[1][2][3] By March 2024, nearly half of the farmland in Gaza had been destroyed,[1][2] and by the following January 80% of the tree cover had been destroyed.[4]
Israeli bombardment and the blockade have led to a total collapse of Gaza's civil infrastructure, including sewage treatment, waste disposal, water management, and fuel supplies. Water has been polluted by 130,000 cubic metres of sewage being discharged into the sea every day due to Israel cutting off fuel supplies. Groundwater has been contaminated by toxins and munitions and air has been polluted by smoke and particulates from bombing.[1][5] Soils have been degraded by uprooting trees and contaminated by toxins, munitions, heavy bombing and demolitions. Bombing by the Israeli army has created 50 million tonnes of debris and hazardous material, much of which contains human remains and tens of thousands of bombs. In June 2024, northern Gaza was described as a "wasteland", unable to sustain life.[6]
The size and lasting impact of the systematic and intentional destruction of agriculture in Gaza have led to calls by the research group Forensic Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London, and the Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network for the Israeli Government to be investigated for the Rome Statute war crime of ecocide for "widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment".[2]
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Saberwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Mahmoud, Hani. "Nothing left to sustain human life as Israeli forces turn North Gaza into 'wasteland'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 13 June 2024.