The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture has announced its decision to block the export of tomatoes to markets outside of the besieged Gaza Strip for two days owing to the swift price hike.
In a Tuesday statement the ministry said the export ban comes at a time when the price of tomatoes has made a sudden leap adding that the move seeks to have prices go down by increasing the quantities of tomatoes exposed in local markets.
Blockaded by the Israeli military from land air and sea the Gaza Strip home to nearly 2 million Palestinians has been isolated from the outside world for more than 11 years. The blockade has had disastrous fallouts on the enclave’s socio-economic conditions with millions of civilians living below the poverty line.
