War crime? Israel destroys Gaza crops with aerial herbicide spraying

http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2987185/war_crime_israel_destroys_gaza_crops_with_aerial_herbicide_spraying.html
Date Written:  2016-02-18
Publisher:  The Ecologist
Year Published:  2016
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX18870

Gaza farmers have lost 187 hectares of crops to aerial spraying of herbicides by Israel hundreds of meters within the territory's borders. The action, carried out in the name of 'security', further undermines Gaza's ability to feed itself and may permanently deprive farmers of their livelihoods. It may also represent a war crime under the 1977 Protocol to the Geneva Conventions.