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At least 57 percent of Gaza's cropland is damaged, UN says

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN Ocha) said 57 percent of Gaza’s agricultural land has been destroyed.

According to a report issued by Ocha on the situation update on the crisis in Gaza, the gross domestic product in the strip has fallen by 83 percent.

It also states that hundreds of thousands of displaced people in southern Gaza suffer from poor access to shelter, health, food, water and sanitation.