Israeli army bulldozers early on Wednesday launched a limited incursion into southern Gaza Strip at the same time as the navy forces cracked down on Palestinian fishermen in the enclave.
A PIC news reporter said four Israeli military bulldozers deployed at Soufa military base in eastern Rafah moved some 50 meters into the southern border area.
The occupation bulldozers leveled Palestinian lands and set up sand barriers all along the borderline.
At the same time Israeli navy gunboats unleashed heavy spates of machinegun fire on Palestinian fishermen sailing off northern and southern Gaza shores.
The navy forces chased down Palestinian fishing boats off Beit Lahiya seashore to north of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli gunboats further targeted Palestinian fishermen in Rafah and Khan Younis coasts with randomly-shot barrages of machinegun fire.
Over recent years the Israeli occupation forces have stepped up attacks on Palestinian farmers and fishermen in the besieged coastal enclave of Gaza in a flagrant violation of the Cairo-brokered ceasefire accord signed in the wake of the 2014 Israeli offensive on the territory.
