Israeli gunboats on Sunday afternoon attacked a flock of fishing vessels sailing off Gaza’s seashore in a symbolic gesture aiming at breaking the tough Israeli blockade on the enclave.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli warships targeted fishing boats with teargas canisters to force them to backtrack. Hundreds of protesters who reached the northern borders off the Sudaniya coast were also hit with teargas.
Around 50 ships joined the boat parade in the six such move staged by the National Commission to Break the Siege. Injured civilians students and disadvantaged Gazans took part in the protest event.
Shortly before the parade kickstarted the commission stressed in a press conference Palestinians’ firm rejection of Israeli measures to establish a buffer zone in Gaza.
The commission called on the Israeli occupation to cease its aggressions against Gaza and lift the 12-year-old siege.
It further railed against the US decision to undermine the stability of the UN refugee agency saying such moves will not succeed to change Palestinians’ inalienable rights.
