Two Palestinian fishermen were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation navy on Thursday as they sailed off Gaza’s northern seashore.
Local activist Zakaria Bakr said Israeli gunboats chased down Palestinian fishing boats west of al-Waha coast north of the besieged Gaza Strip as they sat sail within the authorized three-nautical-mile zone.
The occupation navy targeted fishermen with machine gunfire. Fires broke out in a vessel as a result.
The Israeli navy seized the boat and arrested two fishermen onboard.
The two arrestees are identified as brothers Mahmoud and Mohamed Eshkontana.
Almost on a daily basis Israeli naval boats open fire on Palestinian fishermen sailing offshore the coasts of the besieged Gaza Strip a blatant violation of a ceasefire deal reached between Hamas and Israel following hostilities in the summer of 2014.
The ceasefire deal stipulated that Israel would immediately ease the blockade imposed on the strip and expand the fishing zone off Gaza’s coast.