This is the latest dispatch from Rizek Abdel Jawad, a photojournalist based in Gaza City who frequently contributes to the NB Media Co-op.
Palestinian farmers harvest olives in a field in the city of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on the eve of the first anniversary of the Israeli war on Gaza, which erupted on October 7, 2023, and has claimed the lives of more than 74,000 Palestinians, according to data from the Gaza Ministry of Health.
According to figures from the Ministry of Agriculture in Gaza, the number of olive trees uprooted and destroyed due to the war has reached 1,208,754.
This text was originally written in Arabic. An English version was produced using translation software, with editorial support from the NB Media Co-op.
Rizek Abdel Jawad is a photojournalist based in Gaza City. To see more of his work, follow him on Instagram and Facebook. He is part of the Connecting Gaza initiative, which helps in Gaza survive. You can support them by going to www.connectinggaza.org/
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