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From MFA Newsletter 8-8-2018: https://tinyurl.com/y8gahovy
Since late March, southern Israel has been
plagued by “arson terror” – Palestinians in Gaza release incendiary kites and
hot-air balloons, causing devastating fires that have destroyed thousands of
acres agricultural crops and grazing land.
Southern Israel,
especially the areas adjacent to the Gaza Strip, have been suffering since late
March from "arson terror" - Palestinians near the Gaza-Israel border
release kites and hot-air balloons with attached incendiary material. The wind
blows the kites and balloons to the Israeli side, causing fires that have
destroyed thousands of acres of crops and grazing lands, forests and nature
reserves, killing animals and destroying their habitat.
From 30 March to 4
August this year, there have been 1,316 fires - an average of 20-22 a day. Over
7,400 acres have been damaged or destroyed. Much of the summer wheat crop was
lost, either to the fires or due to too-early harvesting. Hundreds of chickens
and turkeys suffocated to death from smoke inhalation. People with asthma and
other lung diseases are also suffering from the polluted air. In Nahal Grar,
dozens of beehives, each with about 70,000 bees and 30-50 kilos of honey, were destroyed by fire. Farmers in the
affected areas have filed 180 claims for compensation, valued at around 3
million USD.
The Ministry of
Labor, Welfare and Social Services reports a large increase in the number of
people seeking treatment at Hosen Centers, which offer psychological-emotional
support and therapy. In centers located throughout the northern and western
Negev (Eshkol, Hof Ashkelon, Shaar HaNegev, Sderot and Sdot Negev), 834 people
were treated between March 21 and July 1 - a 308% increae over the period from
January through March 20.
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