Israeli gunboats attacked Palestinian fishermen and their boats off the northern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday evening.

According to local sources Israeli gunboats opened machinegun fire at fishing boats during their presence off the shore of as-Sudaniya area in northern Gaza.

The naval forces also targeted the fishermen with water cannons in an attempt to swamp their boats.

Luckily no one was hurt in the Israeli navy attack which forced the fishermen to return ashore.

Israeli naval forces and their gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day harassing them shooting at them damaging their boats and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.

Under the 1993 Oslo accords Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza but since then Israel has kept reducing the fishing area gradually to a limit between six to three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.

Fishermen and human rights groups also say that since the 2008-09 war in Gaza the Israeli army has been regularly enforcing a limit even closer to the shore.

The Israeli occupation navy on Sunday evening opened fire at Palestinian fishermen and their boats in the northern waters of the besieged Gaza Strip.

According to the local fishermen committees Israeli gunboats opened machinegun fire at fishing boats during their presence within three nautical miles off the shore of al-Sudaniya area in the north west of Gaza City.

The naval forces also targeted the fishermen with water cannons in attempt to swamp their boats.

Luckily no one was injured in the shooting attack but the wanton attack forced the fishermen to return ashore.

Israeli naval forces and their gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day harassing them shooting at them damaging their boats and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.

Under the 1993 Oslo accords Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza but since then Israel has kept reducing the fishing area gradually to a limit between six to three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.

Fishermen and human rights groups also say that since the 2008-09 war in Gaza the Israeli army has been regularly enforcing a limit even closer to the shore.

The Israeli occupation navy on Thursday morning launched a shooting attack on Palestinian fishermen and their boats off the northern coast of Gaza.

Local sources said that Israeli gunboats opened machinegun fire at several fishing boats during their presence within less than six nautical miles off the shore of al-Sudaniya area in northern Gaza.

Luckily no one was injured in the shooting attack.

Israeli naval forces and their gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day harassing them shooting at them damaging their boats and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.

Under the 1993 Oslo accords Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza but since then Israel has kept reducing the fishing area gradually to a limit between six to three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.

Fishermen and human rights groups also say that since the 2008-09 war in Gaza the Israeli army has been regularly enforcing a limit even closer to the shore.

Israeli gunboats on Thursday morning attacked Palestinian fishermen and their boats with live ammunition and water cannons.

Media sources said that Israeli naval forces fired live bullets and blasted water from cannons at fishing boats during their presence within three nautical miles off the shore of al-Sudaniya area in the northwest of Gaza City.

Luckily no one of the fishermen was hurt in the attack which only caused damage to some boats

Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day harassing them shooting at them damaging their boats and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.

Under the 1993 Oslo accords Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza but since then Israel has kept reducing the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.

Fishermen and human rights groups also say that since the 2008-09 war in Gaza the Israeli army has been regularly enforcing a limit even closer to the shore.

Israeli naval forces on Wednesday morning attacked a Palestinian fishing boat in the southern waters of the Gaza Strip and kidnaped two fishermen before releasing them later.

Head of the fishermen committees Zakariya Bakr said that Israeli gunboats opened machinegun fire at a fishing boat off the shore of Rafah fired shells into the waters before intercepting it and rounding up two fishermen identified as Mohamed and Mus’ab Ayyash (two brothers).

Several hours later the Israeli navy released the two brothers along with another fisherman called Hazem an-Nadi who had been kidnaped last night.

Naval forces also chased other fishing boats within three nautical miles and used water cannons to force fishermen to go ashore without taking their nets.

The Israeli occupation navy on Friday savagely attacked and opened machinegun fire at a group of Palestinian fishermen off the central and northern shores of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that Israeli gunboats tried to sink fishing during their presence within three nautical miles off the central coast of Gaza and kept attacking them with live ammunition and water cannons until they had to go ashore.

Earlier fishermen reported their exposure to a similar attack off the northern shores of Gaza.

The fishermen said Israeli naval forces attacked them with live fire forcing them to sail several nautical miles towards the southern part of Gaza in an attempt to avoid further assault but the gunboat chased them.

The forces then intercepted and stopped the fishermen and sprayed them with water cannons pushing one of them off the boat for an approximate distance of 12 meters.

The fisherman then swam back to the boat while the navy sprayed it with more condensed water damaging its engine and electronic equipment as well as all the cellphones belonging to the fishermen.

The navy then left the area and the fishermen embarked on salvaging their boat before they managed to return to the shore.

GAZA (PIC)– The Israeli occupation navy on Friday morning opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fishermen and their boats off the coast of Gaza City.

Local sources said that Israeli gunboats attacked the fishermen as they were working within six nautical miles from the coast of Gaza City. Luckily no one was injured in the gunfire attack.

The Israeli navy opens fire at Palestinian fishermen and their boats almost on a daily basis in violation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

GAZA (PIC)– Israeli gunboats on Sunday evening opened their machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Khan Younis south of the Gaza Strip.

Eyewitnesses said the fishermen were working within the fishing zone permitted by Israel when they were attacked by the navy.

They added that the intensity of the gunfire forced the fishermen to swiftly move back to shore with no reported casualties or material damage.

GAZA (PIC)– The Israeli occupation navy at dawn Sunday opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the northwestern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip with no reported causalities.

Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli frigates attacked the fishermen off the coast of al-Waha and al-Sudaniya areas and chased a number of them which forced all boats to go back to the shores.

The Israeli army had unilaterally reduced the fishing limit off the coast of Gaza to three nautical miles from the six miles agreed on as part of the last ceasefire agreement.