Israel’s ’Yellow Line’ devours Gaza’s food basket

Israel’s ’Yellow Line’ devours Gaza’s food basket

Farmer Mahmoud al-Attar stood at the edge of a dirt road east of the Shujaiya neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, just dozens of meters from land his feet have not touched since Israel's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip erupted in October 2023. Before him stretched a silent expanse of soil whose every inch he knew—yet today it lies within what is known as "the Yellow Line," an area under Israeli control. He stared for a long time toward the field…