Gaza
Gaza mother loses olive harvest to war, now cannot afford cooking oil
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Um Mazen Sabih, 70, recalls preparing for a bountiful olive harvest on her family land east of Gaza City as Israel's war on the Strip began on October 7, 2023, Shehab Wire reported. The conflict has transformed her circumstances dramatically since those initial preparations.
The elderly Palestinian woman's account illustrates how the war has upended livelihoods across Gaza, shifting families from agricultural productivity to economic hardship within months.
