Israeli Farms and Farmers Hit Hard by the War

Published on June 14, 2024

MOSHAV AMI’OZ, Israel—The Oct. 7 attack and ensuing war have cost Asher Tamsut a fortune. Still, he’s less interested in talking about his fallow fields and lost agricultural production than he is in delineating the war’s true cost to him: his family’s peace of mind. His wife and three children, two daughters and a son, fled their home after Hamas’s attack, one that killed 1,200 Israelis, saw 240 more taken hostage, wounded thousands more, and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. On Oct. 8, they went to Israel’s southernmost city, Eilat, while Mr. Tamsut stayed to work. Later, they moved closer to home to Beersheba, the largest city in the Negev Desert....

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