Agricultural land and related facilities availability (Gaza, Palestine - October 2025)

The area available for cultivation is the area that is not damaged and not subject to access restrictions. The damaged area was assessed as of 28 July 2025 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), based on the cropland dataset for 2023. The area accessible was determined by excluding the so-called no-go areas in place and the areas subject to evacuation orders since 18 March 2025 (the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs [OCHA], July 2025). **Data creation:** 2025-07-31 **Supplemental Information:** More information can be found at https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd6493en **Contact points:** Resource Contact: [Matieu Henry](mailto:Matieu.Henry@fao.org) Metadata Contact: [Geospatial Unit](mailto:gis-manager@fao.org) **Data lineage:** Land availability for cultivation was assessed using two datasets: (1) the status of damaged cropland from UNOSAT as of July 2025, which includes both damaged and non-damaged areas, and (2) non-accessible areas, comprising (a) no-go areas and (b) areas under evacuation orders, based on OCHA data as of July 2025. The cropland damage status was derived from Sentinel-2 imagery, using data from July 2017 to 2024 as a baseline for comparison with July 2025 to conduct cropland change analysis. The data was classified by accessibility at the governorate level and includes information on the extent of cropland damage. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-4.0) **Online resources:** Download: Land available for cultivation (Gaza, Palestine - July 2025) - Shapefile and SLD Download: Gaza Strip damage assessments as of July 2025 (Excel tables) Fact-sheet: Land available for cultivation in the Gaza Strip as of 28 July 2025

The area available for cultivation is the area that is not damaged and not subject to access restrictions. The damaged area is assessed based on the baseline cropland dataset for 2023, and the cropland damage assessment as of 30 March 2025 by FAO and UNOSAT. The area accessible is determined by excluding the so-called “no-go” areas in place (OCHA, April 2025), and the areas subject to evacuation orders as of 12 April 2025. **Data creation:** 2025-04-30 **Supplemental Information:** More information can be found at https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd5442en **Contact points:** Resource Contact: [Matieu Henry](mailto:Matieu.Henry@fao.org) Metadata Contact: [Geospatial Unit](mailto:gis-manager@fao.org) **Data lineage:** Land availability for cultivation was assessed using two datasets: (1) the status of damaged cropland from UNOSAT as of March 2025, which includes both damaged and non-damaged areas, and (2) non-accessible areas, comprising (a) no-go zones and (b) areas under evacuation orders, based on OCHA data as of April 2025. The cropland damage status was derived from Sentinel-2 imagery, using data from March 2018 to 2024 as a baseline for comparison with March 2025 to conduct cropland change analysis. The data was classified by accessibility at the governorate level and includes information on the extent of cropland damage. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-4.0) **Online resources:** Download: Land availability for cultivation (Gaza, Palestine - April 2025) - Shapefile Download: Gaza Strip damage assessments as of April 2025 (Excel tables) Fact-sheet: Land availability for cultivation in the Gaza Strip as of April 2025

Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in Gaza as of 26 September 2025. Utilizing a baseline agricultural infrastructure layer and very high-resolution satellite imagery, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted an assessment of the number of agricultural infrastructures damaged in the Gaza as a result of the recent conflict escalation. **Data creation:** 2025-10-31 **Supplemental Information:** More information can be found at https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd7334en **Contact points:** Resource Contact: [Matieu Henry](mailto:Matieu.Henry@fao.org) Metadata Contact: [Geospatial Unit](mailto:gis-manager@fao.org) **Data lineage:** The damage was estimated using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery from 5, 11, 17, 23, 29 May, 4, 10, 16, 22, 28 June, 4, 10, 16, 22, 28 July, 3, 9, 15, 21, 27 August, 2, 8, 14, 20, 26 September 2025. The number of damaged agricultural infrastructures was calculated based on their location within a 15-metre radius area around a damaged site. A thorough evaluation of damage to agricultural infrastructure was performed, overlaying the agricultural infrastructure layer with the damage layer (damage proxy map) from 26 September 2025. The grid depicts the severity of damage in localised areas. In each tile the number of damaged agricultural infrastructures was divided by the number of detected agricultural infrastructures. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-4.0) **Online resources:** Download: Damage to agricultural infrastructures (Gaza, Palestine - September 2025) Download: Gaza Strip damage assessments as of October 2025 (Excel tables) Fact-sheet: Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 26 September 2025

Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in Gaza as of 30 April 2025. Utilizing a baseline agricultural infrastructure layer and very high-resolution satellite imagery, FAO conducted an assessment of the number of agricultural infrastructures damaged in the Gaza as a result of the recent conflict escalation. **Data creation:** 2025-04-30 **Supplemental Information:** More information can be found at https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd5505en **Contact points:** Resource Contact: [Matieu Henry](mailto:Matieu.Henry@fao.org) Metadata Contact: [Geospatial Unit](mailto:gis-manager@fao.org) **Data lineage:** The damage was estimated using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery from 4, 5, 16, 17, 28, 29 January, 9, 10, 21, 22 February, 4, 5, 16, 28, 29 March, 9, 10, 21, 22 April 3, 4, 15, 16, 27, 28 May, 8, 9, 20, 21 June, 2, 3, 14, 15, 26, 27 July, 7, 8, 19, 20 August, 1 September, 10 October, 11, 12, 23 November, 5, 6, 17, 18, 29, 30 December, 10, 11, 22, 23 January, 3, 4, 15, 16, 27, 28 February, 11, 12, 23, 24 March, 9, 10, 16, 17, 28, 29 April. The number of damaged agricultural infrastructures was calculated based on their location within a 15-meter radius area around a damaged site. A thorough evaluation of damage to agricultural infrastructure was performed, overlaying the agricultural infrastructure layer with the damage layer (damage proxy map) from 30 April 2025. The grid depicts the severity of damage in localised areas. In each tile the number of damaged agricultural infrastructures was divided by the number of detected agricultural infrastructures. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-4.0) **Online resources:** Download: Damage to agricultural infrastructures (Gaza, Palestine - April 2025) Download: Gaza Strip damage assessments as of April 2025 (Excel tables) Fact-sheet: Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 30 April 2025

Damage to greenhouses due to the conflict in Gaza as of 5 October 2025. Utilizing a baseline greenhouse layer prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2021 and very high-resolution satellite imagery, the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) updated the baseline for 2023, prior to the recent conflict escalation, and conducted an assessment of the area and number of greenhouses in the Gaza Strip. **Data creation:** 2025-10-31 **Supplemental Information:** More information can be found at https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd7339en **Contact points:** Resource Contact: [Matieu Henry](mailto:Matieu.Henry@fao.org) Metadata Contact: [Geospatial Unit](mailto:gis-manager@fao.org) **Data lineage:** WorldView-2 (50 cm) and WorldView-3 (30 cm) imagery from 1 May 2023, 10 May 2023 and 18 September 2023 were used for pre-conflict imagery. A thorough evaluation of damage to greenhouses was performed, comparing pre-conflict imagery with very high-resolution WorldView-2 imagery from 29 September and 5 October 2025, and WorldView-3 imagery from 22 September 2025. The grid depicts the damaged area of greenhouses in each tile. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-4.0) **Online resources:** Download: Damage to greenhouse (Gaza, Palestine - October 2025) Download: Gaza Strip damage assessments as of October 2025 (Excel tables) Fact-sheet: Damage to greenhouses due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 5 October 2025

Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in Gaza as of 31 December 2024. Utilizing a baseline agricultural infrastructure layer and very high-resolution satellite imagery, FAO conducted an assessment of the number of agricultural infrastructures damaged in the Gaza as a result of the recent conflict escalation. **Data creation:** 2024-12-31 **Supplemental Information:** More information can be found at https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd4034en **Contact points:** Resource Contact: [Matieu Henry](mailto:Matieu.Henry@fao.org) Metadata Contact: [Geospatial Unit](mailto:gis-manager@fao.org) **Data lineage:** The damage was estimated using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery from 4, 5, 16, 17, 28, 29 January, 9, 10, 21, 22 February, 4, 5, 16, 28, 29 March, 9, 10, 21, 22 April 3, 4, 15,16, 27, 28 May, 8, 9, 20, 21 June, 2, 3, 14, 15, 26, 27 July, 7, 8, 19, 20 August, 1 Sep, 10 October, 11,12, 23 November, 5, 6, 17, 18, 29, 30 December. The number of damaged agricultural infrastructures was calculated based on their location within a 15-meter radius area around a damaged site. A thorough evaluation of damage to agricultural infrastructure was performed, overlaying the agricultural infrastructure layer with the damage layer (damage proxy map) from 31 December 2024.The grid depicts the severity of damage in localised areas. In each tile the number of damaged agricultural infrastructures was divided by the number of detected agricultural infrastructures. **Resource constraints:** This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-4.0) **Online resources:** Download: Gaza Strip damage assessments as of December 2024 (Excel tables) Fact-sheet: Damage to agricultural infrastructure due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 31 December 2024