The Israeli occupation authorities have opened water dams and channeled wastewater toward Palestinian farmlands on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip Gaza’s Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday.
Adham al-Basyouni the ministry’s spokesman said in a statement to Anadolu Agency that the Israeli wastewater has flooded agricultural lands dairy farms and apiaries east of Shejaiya neighborhood in Gaza City.
Al-Basyouni added that opening the dams has damaged crops destroyed apiaries and led to soil erosion and death of cows and sheep which resulted in huge losses for farmers.
He noted that Israel every year intentionally opens water dams and channels to flood agricultural lands in Gaza without prior warning.
No injuries among Palestinian citizens were reported in the incident.
