تضرر أشجار الزيتون على حدود لبنان الجنوبية بسبب تكرار القصف الإسرائيلي

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00:00 "Olive oil is considered one of the main crops in Lebanon, where there are more than 13 million

00:09 trees distributed over more than 20% of agricultural land according to United Nations data.

00:15 About 150,000 tons of olive oil are produced annually.

00:20 About 30% of it is used as olive oil on the food table, while the remaining 70% is extracted

00:27 from it to produce more than 5,000 tons annually.

00:31 This means that about 110,000 farmers are employed, which represents 7% of the country's

00:37 total local agricultural output."

00:39 "We have been in Lebanon for 10 years, the super high density olive farm.

00:46 As you can see, this is a tree that is 1.3 meters long, and between the trees, there is a

00:52 line of trees that are 3.75 meters long.

00:57 This is a modern agriculture.

01:00 Today, we have 40 to 50 workers on each side who are picking olives.

01:05 In 3 hours, the machine picks 70 tons or 80 tons.

01:09 We encourage people to plant the modern crops.

01:12 When you pick them, they go straight to the factory and get the best types of olive oil.

01:19 This is the speed, this is the modernization, and this is the development in agriculture."

01:24 This is the reality that this year's Israeli bombing on the Lebanese borders has presented.

01:29 It destroyed about 40,000 olive trees and burned hundreds of kilometers of land, according

01:34 to the Lebanese Minister of Agriculture, who saw that the loss of this season would have

01:39 a negative impact on the national economic outcome.

01:42 The same applies to different crops such as figs, fruit trees, and other agricultural lands.

01:48 "The season was bad, and we don't have the best data for the olive trees that burned

01:53 in the area because no one can get close to the borders to see the state of the olives.

01:58 The biggest fear is in the coming years because now, after picking the olives, the season

02:03 of harvesting and the season of planting and the season of taking care of this olive tree will come."

02:09 Hundreds of olive trees burned, with the number likely to rise as the daily bombing

02:15 of the southern borders continues, and the launch of light and phosphor bombs.

02:20 The same applies to homes, farms, and warehouses, which prompted about 29,000 people to leave

02:26 their villages and lands, according to the International Organization for Immigration

02:32 under the United Nations.

02:34 New financial burdens accumulate on the economic collapse in light of the decline in business

02:40 volume by about 70%, and the collapse of the commercial, agricultural, and service sectors,

02:47 which will deepen the crisis, according to experts, and delay the plan of recovery and

02:52 recovery that is expected.

02:54 Elena Mrad, CNBC Arabia, Al-Biqa'a

02:57 (gasps)