Beit Lahia Mayor Alaa Al-Attar told Anadolu news agency that the army also destroyed 50% of sewage pumps in northern Gaza.
“The Israeli army destroyed all agricultural crops in the city (Beit Lahia), which is considered the main food basket of the Strip,” Al-Attar said.
He added that the army destroyed markets as well as more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) of water and sewage pipes in the city.
Israel has waged a brutal offensive against Gaza since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on October 1. 7 that killed less than 1,200 people.
Since then, more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, while vast areas of Gaza remain in ruins and 85% of the enclave’s population have been forced to internally displaced amid a crippling food blockade. , drinking water and medicines.