Six Palestinian fishermen were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation navy from Gaza’s northern shores on Tuesday morning.
Head of Gaza’s Fishermen Union Nizar Ayyash said the Israeli naval forces opened heavy machinegun fire on the Palestinian fishermen sailing off Beit Lahiya shore in northern Gaza Strip and kidnapped six fishermen before they confiscated their two boats.
Ayyash identified the five arrested fishermen adding that four of them are brothers.
Over recent years the IOF has stepped up arbitrary abductions and crackdowns against Palestinian fishermen setting sail off the blockaded coastal territory for unknown reasons.
