Palestinian fisherman Mohammed Bakir 28 succumbed to serious wounds inflicted earlier Monday by Israeli navy forces off the coast of northern Gaza Strip.
Zakariya Bakir the head of fishermen committees in the union of agricultural producers said that Mohammed who was hit with a bullet in the chest was transferred to an Israeli hospital but died during treatment.
Nizar Ayyash the head of the Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate had told the PIC that Israeli navy forces arrested a fisherman after has was seriously injured off the coast of al-Sudaniyya area in the northern Gaza Strip.
Ayyash said that the navy forces arrested two fishermen along with the injured one on Monday morning while 3 others were arrested on Sunday evening in the same area.
