The Israeli navy on Saturday morning arrested two Palestinian fishermen off northern Gaza shore.
Head of the Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate in Gaza Nizar Ayyash said in a press statement that the Israeli navy arrested two fishermen sailing off Beit Lahia and seized their boats.
Ayyash said that Israeli gunboats attacked a Palestinian fishing boat in the early morning hours arrested the two brothers on board Karim and Mohammed Abu Hassan and confiscated their boat.
He affirmed that the Abu Hassan brothers were fishing within the three-nautical-mile zone allowed by the Israeli authorities.
According to al-Mezan Center for Human Rights the Israeli naval forces have committed 232 violations against Gaza fishermen since the beginning of 2018 including 39 arrests.
