Dweima's land east of Gaza City, near what is now the 'yellow line', was completely bulldozed. Ministry of Agriculture official Shaher al-Rifi says olive land fell from about 44,000 dunams in 2022 to about 5,000, only nine presses operate, and the season once created more than 22,000 daily work opportunities in picking, transport, pressing and sales.
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Civil servant in Gaza, paid in worn banknotes (name changed)
Gaza
₪1,500every 45–50 days; it was ₪2,000 every 30–35
Mondoweiss, 14 Oct
Olive-press owner; one production line rebuilt from the rubble
al-Zawayda
1 of 7press lines running again
Palestinian Information Center, 14 Oct
Harvest day labourer; the season used to give him two or three months
1 dayof harvest work this season
Reuters, 14 Oct
Olive grower with 20 or 30 trees left
2 drumsof oil expected; up to 900 before
Reuters, 14 Oct