GAZA, April 24, 2016 (WAFA) – Israeli navy on Sunday detained two Palestinian fishermen while they were sailing offshore the coast of Gaza, according to local sources.

Witnesses told WAFA that Israeli naval boats detained two fishermen, who were unidentified yet, and took them to an unknown destination, despite sailing within the allowed six-nautical-mile fishing zone.

Almost on a daily basis, the Israeli navy targets Palestinian fishermen while they are sailing off Gaza, in a blatant breach of a ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and armed Palestinian groups in august 2014.

According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), all Israeli attacks on Palestinian fishermen have taken place within the distance of six nautical miles, which it said “proves that Israeli forces’ policies aim to tighten restrictions on the Gaza Strip’s fishermen and their livelihoods.”

Israel has imposed a tightened blockade on Gaza after the Hamas takeover of the coastal enclave in 2007.

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