A Palestinian fisherman was badly injured when an Egyptian gunboat opened fire at him on Wednesday evening as he was fishing off the coast of Rafah area south of the Gaza Strip.
Chief of the fishermen Nizar Ayyash told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that fisherman Ahmed Abu Muhsen was admitted to hospital in Gaza for medical treatment.
Ayyash added that the fisherman suffered a moderate-to-serious bullet injury in his chest after an Egyptian gunboat randomly opened fire at him.
It is still unclear why the Egyptian navy attacked the fisherman.
It was not the first time the Egyptian navy opened fire at Gaza fishermen. In November 2015 a naval force shot and killed an 18-year-old fisherman called Faris Miqdad.
