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Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/07/19/israeli-farmers-ecological-disaster/794330002/
Palestinian Arson Attacks Leave Israeli Farmers Coping with Ecological Disaster
(USA Today) Yardena Schwartz - Dani Rahamim, 64, has lived half a mile from Gaza for more than 40 years. This summer he lost 320 acres of wheat to fires sparked by flaming kites and balloons launched into Israel from Gaza, and he worries his sunflower fields will be next. The fires have burned nearly 8,000 acres of agricultural fields and nature reserves, killing thousands of animals as well. Almost half of Israel's land along the Gaza border has been affected by the fires. Ecologists predict a full recovery could take years. The wheat from Rahamim's fields could have fed people in Gaza. Indeed, much of the flour Israel delivers to Gaza in the form of daily humanitarian aid comes from the wheat fields in these border communities, says Alon Eviatar, a Gaza security expert.