80 Israeli Land Grab and Forced Population Transfer of Palestinians like citrus and peach. In the middle of the land I had a house sheltering my family of ten. The only income I have is from working this land, but on 5 January 2013 Israeli bulldozers flattened my land causing damage estimated at 25,000 Jordanian Dinars including damages caused to the house and agricultural machines in addition to the harvest which I was about to collect. In general, I can say that sometimes we are allowed to reach our lands and at other times we are shot at, like other farmers, in order to prevent us from reaching our lands. We are confused and do not know how to deal with the Occupation since the soldiers behave irregularly and we do not receive up-to-date guidelines. Sometimes they even allow some farmers to access their lands while they shoot at others.” Muhammad Albarim - Abssan, Khan-Yunis287 On 17 January 2013 the Israeli Military invaded the land of Muhammad Albarim to the east of Abbsan in Khan-Yunis. Albarim has 4 boys and 2 girls. He and his wife own 15 dunams to the west of Abbsan in Khan-Yunis. This land provides the only source of income they live from. “It is on a daily basis that I try hopelessly to reach the part of my land which is closer to the Green Line that divides Gaza from the land occupied in 1948. I have spent my life working very hard and confronting death every time I tried to practice the only work I am qualified to do in my own agricultural land despite endless attempts by the Israeli occupation to flatten it and to uproot my trees without any justification except their intention to intimidate me. During the last war my land was targeted by the Israeli air force. As a consequence, a great part of my house that extends over 250m was destroyed causing me a big loss. In addition, they destroyed my agricultural machines and severely damaged my trees. I tried to replant what the Occupation damaged and uprooted. I was shocked when on 17 January 2013, the Occupation forces flattened my land once again without any warning.” Naval-Buffer Zone In previous agreements, the Naval-Buffer Zone was allocated 20 nautical miles westwards along the Gaza Strip beaches that stretch 40 Km from North to South. “In 2002, Israel committed to allow fishing activities in sea areas up to 12 nautical miles from shore (‘Bertini Commitment’); however this commitment was never implemented and more severe restrictions were imposed during most of the time 287 Muhamad Abed Elrazaq Albarim, ‘The Village of Abbsan, District of Khan-Yunis’, interview by BADIL, February 2013.