The Israeli occupation navy on Tuesday evening attacked Palestinian fishermen and reduced the permitted fishing range in Gaza waters.
According to the fishermen committees Israeli gunboats opened machinegun fire at fishermen forced them to leave their nets and go back to six nautical miles.
On June 4 the Israeli army announced the expansion of the fishing zone to 15 nautical miles after reducing it to 10 miles.
Since last May the army had expanded the offshore fishing limit imposed on Gaza six times before shrinking it each time under different pretexts.
A report released by the fishermen committees said the Israeli naval forces opened fire 32 times last May at Palestinian fishermen and their boats off the coast of Gaza leading to the injury of two fishermen.
The Israeli navy also arrested five fishermen caused others to lose their nets and confiscated several boats during the same month.
