GAZA, Tuesday, November 26, 2019 (WAFA) – A Palestinian fisherman was injured on Monday night after he was shot by the Israeli navy while sailing in the Gaza shores, local sources said.

The sources added that the fisherman was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet after Israeli navy targeted fishermen and their boats northwest of the Gaza Strip.

The injured fisherman was locally treated.

A large number of Gazans rely on fishing for daily living in light of the tight decade-old blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip.

Despite the signed agreements between the Palestinians and Israel, which allow fishermen to go 12 nautical miles inside the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli navy targets Gaza fishermen almost daily and does not allow them to go further than three nautical miles, which the fishermen say is not enough to catch fish.

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