Lebanon's Bread, Broken Earth: The War No One Talks About

WHAT HAPPENED

For the past three years, an escalating conflict between Israel and Lebanon, primarily concentrated in Lebanon's southern regions and the Bekaa Valley, has inflicted severe damage on the country's agricultural sector. Repeated Israeli attacks, including the reported use of chemicals like white phosphorus, have targeted and destroyed vast swathes of farmland, particularly those dedicated to wheat cultivation. This destruction has led to a significant increase in abandoned agricultural land, rising from 9 percent to an estimated 24 percent, with some border areas experiencing 100 percent crop destruction. Despite a 2024 ceasefire and a US-brokered framework agreement in June meant to establish

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