The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Thursday evening two Palestinians near the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip.

Israeli media sources claimed that the two detainees were trying to cross into Israel when IOF soldiers stationed at the border fence opened fire at them.

No casualties were reported during the incident.

The suspects were transferred for further questioning the sources added.

GAZA (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday evening arrested two Palestinian citizens as they were trying to infiltrate from the Gaza Strip into the 1948 occupied territory.

Local sources told Quds Press that Israeli troops moved from a border post east of al-Bureij refugee camp and rounded up two Palestinians near the security fence.

They added that the soldiers forced the two men to take off their clothes at gunpoint before taking them to an undeclared place inside the 1948 occupied territories.

Later Hebrew media outlets reported that two young men were arrested in the area and taken to a Shin Bet interrogation center.

In another incident the Israeli occupation navy kidnapped on the same day two fishermen off the northern coast of Gaza before releasing them.

Chief of the fishermen syndicate Nizar Ayyash told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli gunboats chased two brothers on a small rowboat and opened fire near them.

Ayyash added that the navy troops confiscated the fishing boat and detained the brothers for a while before releasing them.

The fishermen identified as Karim and Kayed Kallab were working within the permitted fishing zone he noted.

GAZA (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday arrested two Palestinian men after they crossed the border between the besieged Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied lands.

Local sources said that Israeli soldiers rounded up two unarmed Palestinians after they infiltrated into an Israeli-controlled area near the perimeter fence southeast of Gaza City.

They added that the men were forced at gunpoint to strip their clothes and then herded together in handcuffs to an unknown destination.

The tight blockade on Gaza has created a considerable unemployment problem in Gaza prompting some young men to risk death or detention as they attempt to enter Israeli occupied territories in order to seek job opportunities.