The Israeli occupation navy on Tuesday morning opened fire at Palestinian fishermen and their boat off the coast of central Gaza.
According to a Facebook page “documenting Israel’s violations against Gaza fishermen” an Israeli gunboat attacked the fishermen as they were working within nine nautical miles off the coast of Wadi Gaza area.
The naval forces opened fire at the fishing boat and forced the fishermen aboard it to leave their net behind in the water and retreat to the permitted fishing zone which is six nautical miles off the shores of Gaza.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen almost every day harassing them shooting at them damaging their boats and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
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 as part of its blockade on Gaza.
