A Palestinian fisherman was proclaimed dead on Saturday morning after he succumbed to wounds he sustained when Egyptian soldiers opened fire at him the other day off the southern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip.
A spokesman for the health ministry said that 33-year-old Abdullah Zaidan suffered serious bullet injuries on Friday evening after being shot during his presence on his boat off the shore of Rafah area south of Gaza.
News reports said on Friday that the fisherman Zaidan suffered injuries when Egyptian naval forces opened fire him as he was fishing in Gaza waters.
