The Israeli occupation navy on Sunday attacked Palestinian fishermen and their boats during their presence within less than one nautical mile off the western shore of Gaza port.
Coordinator of the fishermen’s union in Gaza Zakariya Bakr said that Israeli gunboats escalated their aggression recently against fishing boats and launched attacks on them within less than one nautical mile after they used to attack them within three nautical miles.
Bakr said the Israeli closure of Gaza sea which continued for the seventh consecutive day deprives Gaza fishermen of their daily sustenance and increases their families’ suffering.
Before the current tension in Gaza the Israeli navy was also attacking and harassing fishermen almost on a daily basis with no reason.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza but since then Israel has kept reducing the fishing area gradually to a limit between six to three nautical miles.
