[News] Al Jazeera investigation: Israel maintains starvation policy in Gaza despite ceasefire

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Al Jazeera investigation: Israel maintains starvation policy in Gaza
despite ceasefire

Thursday 4-December-2025
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GAZA, (PIC)

An investigative report by Al Jazeera has revealed that Israel continues to
impose a silent starvation campaign on Gaza’s population despite the
ceasefire agreement that went into effect on 10 October.

The investigation, based on satellite imagery and specialized mapping
analysis, found that Israel’s starvation strategy has not stopped but has
shifted into a new phase centered on direct control of Gaza’s most fertile
agricultural land.

The comparison between the so-called “yellow line” — Israel’s designated
withdrawal line under the first phase of the ceasefire deal — and
scientific soil-fertility maps shows that Israel effectively controls more
than 53 percent of the Gaza Strip. These areas contain the highest-yield
agricultural zones, including vegetable and grain farmlands in northern
Gaza, eastern districts and Khan Yunis. Vegetables alone account for 53
percent of Gaza’s agricultural production.

According to the report, the IOF not only seized these fertile zones but
also heavily restricted Palestinian access to them, while destroying large
portions of the remaining agricultural areas still inside
Palestinian-controlled zones.

Updated UN data through July 2025 indicates that 86 percent of Gaza’s
farmland has been damaged or destroyed over the past 21 months. Only 6.6
square kilometers of arable land remain, most of it in low-fertility areas.

Vegetation-index analysis documented a steep decline in green cover between
2023 and 2025, reflecting a collapse in Gaza’s agricultural production
system. The data also shows that Israel destroyed approximately 80 percent
of agricultural greenhouses, while more than half of those still intact now
lie inside zones where Palestinians are barred from entering.

The investigation concluded that Israel’s starvation campaign did not end
with the ceasefire; it merely shifted tactics. The new phase focuses on
stripping the population of its primary food sources through the seizure of
fertile land and the destruction of what remains, a continuation of
policies that have fueled famine across the Strip.
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