Palestinian agriculture sector damaged by Israeli water flow

Palestinian ministry of agriculture announced Friday Palestinian agricultural sector losses due to recent Israeli water flow have reached $ 1.4 million in addition to 173 farms damaged.

Israeli authorities opened their water tanks on the truce line east gaza late last March where the water broke like floods destroying all crops, agricultural facilities, pounds, chicken farms and animals.

The Palestinian ministry of agriculture rushed in forming an emergency committee to follow the situation and listing farmers damages and presenting recommendations.

The report showed plant direct losses to be $ 954,120 thousand while animal production direct losses was $ 112,984 thousand and other indirect losses reached $ 338,500 thousand dollars.

Animal production losses varied from a total of 14,000 poultry, 561 beehive, and three tons of chaff and other losses.