Israel’s date and other harvests at standstill with no workers available
The first few days of Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza strip means a rapidly developing situation has forced the fresh produce industry in the South to halt most operations while the rest of the country cautiously continues as things change by the hour.
The fresh produce sector in Israel, in many ways the bedrock of society through the Kibbutz system, are in further shock

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