The Israeli navy on Tuesday afternoon shot and killed a Palestinian fisherman off northern Gaza shore.
The PIC reporter said that the fisherman sustained a serious injury in the abdomen and died shortly after he arrived at the hospital.
Gaza Ministry of Health confirmed the news and announced that Nawwaf al-Attar 23 died after being shot in the abdomen while sailing off Beit Lahia in the northern area of the Gaza Strip.
Head of the Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate in Gaza Nezar Ayyash earlier in the day said that the Israeli navy on Tuesday attacked Gaza fishermen and prevented them from sailing in the permitted fishing zone.
Zakaria Baker who leads a committee in charge of Gaza fishermen’s affairs told Quds Press that the Israeli occupation authorities following the latest military aggression on Gaza reduced the fishing zone to one nautical mile in some areas.
Based on the Oslo Accords signed by the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel in 1993 Gaza fishermen have the right to fish and sail within a 20-nautical-mile area; however Israel has reduced the fishing zone to three nautical miles.
