Gaza marks Land Day

Trees cut down during Israel's summer offensive on Gaza (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

Agricultural land close to Israel's border (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

Abu Baker Al Batniji inspects his agricultural land which used to contain 700 olive trees (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

Hassan Farraj plants new trees in his land again after Israeli bulldozers levelled the ground (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

Farmers working on the land near the Israeli buffer zone (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

A group of farmers fertilize their land for planting tomatoes 600 meters from the border (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

A student paints a motif for Land Day (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

400 artists and schoolchildren paint images for Land Day in Gaza City (MEE/Mohammed Asad)

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