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Gaza Life in Photos, strawberry harvest begins

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Gaza Life in Photos, Strawberry harvest begins

Veteran Gaza photographer and war correspondent Mohammed Asad offers an array of photographs that present the daily life of the people of Gaza Strip. The Palestinians in Gaza live under a brutal and oppressive economic embargo imposed by Israel and are constantly under attack from Israeli terrorists and military violence.

By Mohammed Asad

Strawberry season in full swing in the Gaza Strip

Gaza War Photographer Mohammed Asad

It is expected to export 300 tons of strawberries to European markets and the West Bank, unlike the previous season, which has been exporting 65 tons in it.”

And allow the Israeli occupation authorities to export limited varieties of agricultural products to the European markets, and the markets of the West Bank and Israel.

Referred to the crop cultivated strawberries spaces in the Gaza Strip, it is shrinking by the day due to the Israeli aggression and frequent land leveling, as well as the successive crises that beset the agricultural sector.

Cultivated land area shrunk strawberries than 2,500 acres in 2007 to 600 acres only, for the time being, estimated production of about 1,500 tons.

Strawberry harvest in the Gaza Strip, December 2016. Photo copyright Mohammed Asad. All Rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce with full attribution

Strawberry harvest in the Gaza Strip, December 2016. Photo copyright Mohammed Asad. All Rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce with full attribution

Strawberry harvest in the Gaza Strip, December 2016. Photo copyright Mohammed Asad. All Rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce with full attribution

Strawberry harvest in the Gaza Strip, December 2016. Photo copyright Mohammed Asad. All Rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce with full attribution.

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Mohammed Asad is a photo journalist based in the Gaza Strip. Friend him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mohammed.asad.90.

photographer Mohammed Asad's photo of Dalia Khalifa won an award in March 2015 at a competition organised by the UN.

'Unbreakable' - is the photo of 9yr old Dalia Khalifa, taken at Al-Shifa Hospital on Aug 9th, 2014. Dalia was badly injured in an Israeli air strike during Operation 'Protective Edge'.

'Unbreakable' is the Grand Jury Winner in the photography competition, organised by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Middle East and North Africa (UN OCHA).

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Mohammed Asad's home in Shujaiyya was destroyed by Israeli missiles, mortars and tank fire on Friday August 1, 2014 while he was documenting the Israeli massacre of civilians in the Gaza Strip. He is now living in temporary housing as he scrambles to find Internet access to share his photographs when possible.]

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