Israeli troops open fire at Palestinian fishermen

Israeli troops opened fire at a number of Palestinian fishermen off the northern Gaza Strip coast on Sunday.

Israeli gunboats opened random and intermittent fire at boats off al Waha and al Sudaniya areas in northwestern Gaza, local sources said, adding that no casualties were reported.

Israeli troops regularly target Palestinian fishermen sailing within the six-nautical-mile zone, as well as farmlands along the border, clearly violating the ceasefire deal reached after the Gaza war.

In the same context, Israeli navy gunboats opened machinegun fire at Palestinians’ fishing boats which were sailing in Gaza sea. No casualties have been reported as well.

The heavy shooting forced the Gazan fishermen to leave the sea and end fishing, the sources added.

15 Palestinian fishermen have been recently shot and injured by Israeli navy shooting while practicing fishing within the allowed water zone.  

The attack is another episode in the series of Israeli daily violations of the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed in the wake of last summer’s offensive on the besieged coastal enclave, which killed over 2,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians.

Source: MENA