PNN – In addition to the innumerable military casualties of the Zionist regime’s army on the northern front, which this army tries to hide, Israel’s economy is one of the most important sectors at various levels that was severely affected by the war and Hezbollah’s advanced operations.
According to the International group of Pakistan News Network, The Islamic resistance of Lebanon, which as the first front of the axis of resistance to help the people and the resistance of Gaza, announced its participation in the Al-Aqsa storm battle, has been a heavy burden on the shoulders of the Zionist regime at various levels from the very beginning.
The entry of Hezbollah into this battle made the Zionists unable to focus all their attention on the axes of the war in Gaza, and in this way, the resistance of Lebanon up to this point, especially after the intensification of its advanced operations against the positions of the Zionist enemy, was a great burden from the resistance in Gaza has been removed.
The shock of Lebanon’s resistance to Israel’s economy
However, the damage caused by Hezbollah to the occupying regime over the past 100 days did not only include military casualties or the evacuation of the northern settlements of occupied Palestine. The huge economic losses caused by Hezbollah to the Zionists in this war is an issue that may have received less attention from the media, and this issue has somehow come under the radius of Israel’s economic losses in the war with the Palestinian resistance.
Based on this, we intend to examine here some of the blows that the Zionist regime’s economy received as a result of the war in the northern front of occupied Palestine.
Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, in his first speech after the Al-Aqsa storm operation, announced that the entry of the Lebanese resistance into the battle of Al-Aqsa storm has greatly affected the northern front of occupied Palestine. The American Wall Street Journal also emphasized in a report that more than 230,000 Israeli settlers have been displaced from the northern region as a result of Hezbollah’s attacks.
Also, the Zionist media, referring to the fear and terror prevailing in the northern settlements of occupied Palestine on the border with Lebanon, announced that the northern front is completely deserted and has become a ghost town.
It is clear that with the evacuation of settlements and the closure of businesses, the Israeli economy will suffer significant losses in its various sectors. Tomer Fazlon, an economic expert at Tel Aviv University, stated in an article to this effect that the conflict in the northern region will severely affect the economy of this region in the long term, and this effect will be very deadly.
Losses in the agricultural sector of the Zionist regime in the northern regions
The agricultural sector is considered one of the most important sectors of the Israeli economy, as it accounts for 2.5% of the total domestic production and 3.6% of exports, also about 3.7% of all Zionist workers work in the agricultural sector, and most importantly, 95% of the food needs of the Zionists come from this.
According to the report of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Zionist regime, the northern region is responsible for the production of a large part of Israeli food, and about 70% of the laying hens are located in the Galilee and the Golan, and 40% of the tropical fruits are produced in the northern fields, which have been largely emptied after the start of the war.
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The economic newspaper “Globes” published a report in this regard and announced that half of Israel’s agricultural production comes from farms in the northern region, 5 kilometers from the Lebanese border.
In a report for the same purpose, the Hebrew newspaper Yediot Aharanot pointed to the economic losses of the Zionist regime, especially the agricultural sector in the northern region of occupied Palestine and announced that the fear of Hezbollah attacks has caused huge financial losses to Israelis, and farmers and gardeners in the northern regions are now unable to continue their activities. The damage to the agricultural sector in this area is estimated to be about 500 million shekels (the currency of the Zionist regime) equal to more than 131 million dollars.
In the continuation of this report, it is stated that farmers in the northern region cannot approach their gardens near the borders of Lebanon, and this causes the loss of the agricultural sector in the northern region to be doubled; Where farmers are unable to harvest fruits such as apples, kiwis, and avocados. In addition, we will see the effects of these losses in the coming seasons, and this is while the property tax department has not made any promises to the farmers and no plan has been drawn to compensate the losses.
“Dubi Amitai”, the head of the Union of Farmers of the Zionist regime, for his part, announced in the same context that in any area where we feel Hezbollah may attack, farming will not be done and it is difficult to accurately estimate the damages in this field. The current situation is such that it is impossible to approach zero to two kilometers from the borders with Lebanon, and the fruits that are in the fields of this area are still left on the trees and rotting.
Also, Zionist media reported that the “Berry Heglil” factory, which specializes in fruits in the Al-Jalil region in the north, fired half of its employees after the decision to close one of the main production lines. This happened as a result of constant tensions between the Israeli army and Hezbollah.
Hezbollah’s shock to Israel’s industrial sector
But in the industrial sector in the northern front of occupied Palestine, the Zionist newspaper “Marker” reported that the industrial sector of the Israeli economy in the northern region was paralyzed after the Al-Aqsa storm operation.
This Zionist media quoted “Ron Tomer”, the head of the Union of Industrialists of the Zionist regime, reported that hundreds of owners of large factories in Galilee are asking for support and strengthening of the buildings so that the employees can return to work. The factories in the northern region and especially in the Upper Galilee are not used to a war situation and many of them are built in unprotected areas and are in the firing range of Hezbollah missiles. There are also risks about the possibility of Hizbollah forces infiltrating these factories.
According to this information, the closure of dozens of small factories due to the proximity to the border and the closure of roads and main roads due to the fear of Hezbollah rockets is another blow to the Israeli economy in the north.
In the case of factories, industrial areas and companies, it is inferred from the ministry’s data that nearly 15,000 business units and factories in the north and south of occupied Palestine have been evacuated since the Al-Aqsa storm.
This is despite the fact that there is no prospect regarding the deterrence of the occupying regime’s army in the northern front, as well as the unwillingness of the Lebanese resistance to grant any security guarantee to the Zionist regime and its settlers, which has caused most Israelis to refuse to return to the northern settlements. This issue causes that there is no horizon for industrial development and growth in the border areas of occupied Palestine and Lebanon even in the post-war period.
Losses of Zionists in the tourism sector
In the field of tourism sector, the Hebrew media reported the strong blow that Israel suffered after the Gaza war. Channel 12 of the Zionist regime announced in this regard that the damage to Israel’s tourism sector as a result of the war will show its effects in the long term and even if the war ends, the people of the world will choose other places for tourism; Places they are confident about their security.
This Zionist media, quoting “Eiran Keter”, a consultant and researcher of the Zionist regime’s tourism and hotels department at the “Kenert” faculty, announced that the impact of the war on tourism in Israel goes beyond travel warnings and travel bans to Israel (Occupied Palestine). The long-term effects of this situation on Israel’s image will be determined.
The Hebrew newspaper Globes also announced in this context that tourist facilities and restaurants are the main victims of the war. Economic indicators show that in the last quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, tourism facilities in their category have decreased by 73%.
According to Hebrew sources, shortly after the operation of Al-Aqsa storm, ski centers, restaurants and all tourist facilities in Israel have been empty of visitors and tourists.