Why?

"The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement that the water drowned 'hundreds of dunams of agricultural lands and damaged barley and wheat crops.' ” (Jan. 6, 2020)

Israel opens rainwater stores, floods Gaza farmland

Palestinians repair greenhouses following heavy rainfall in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on 27 January 2016. Yasser Qudih-Apaimages

Palestinians repair greenhouses following heavy rainfall in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on 27 January 2016. Yasser Qudih-Apaimages