Israeli naval forces opened fire Wednesday morning on several Palestinian fishing boats while sailing off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishermen boats north of the al-Sudaniya area and forced them to retreat ashore.
There were no immediate reports of casualties and the extent of damage caused in the attack.
On a near-daily basis the Israeli army fires at Palestinian fisherman farmers and shepherds for allegedly entering the Israeli-enforced “buffer zone” a unilaterally declared area implemented after Israel imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip a decade ago.
Due to the high frequency of the attacks live fire often goes unreported.
The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli blockade since 2006. The blockade has caused a decline in the standards of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
