GAZA, June 15, 2016 (WAFA) – Israeli navy on Wednesday detained 10 Palestinian fishermen while they were sailing offshore Gaza, according to local sources.

WAFA correspondent said that several Israeli naval boats attacked with gunfire a number of fishing boats while sailing offshore the coast of Gaza, before they detained 10 fishermen and stole four fishing boats.

The 10 were identified as Zayed Taroush, Ismail Taroush, Fadi Debo, Abdullah Taroush, Ahmad Zaqout, Fahad Baker, Diab Baker, Eid Baker, Rami Baker, and Bayan Baker.

The 10 fishermen were taken to nearby Ashdod seaport in southern Israel.

Israeli navy targets Gaza fishermen almost on a daily basis, in a blatant breach of a ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and armed Palestinian groups in august 2014, following 51 days of bloody aggression on the Gaza Strip, which claimed the lives of over 2.200 Palestinians, mostly civilians.

Israeli-imposed blockade on the territory forces fishermen to work within a ed "designated fishing zone" off the coast of the besieged enclave, but Israeli naval forces frequently shoot at fishermen working within these s, according to documentation by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.

Due to high frequency of attacks, live fire at fishing boats often goes unreported.

The group recorded at least 117 incidents of forces opening fire on fishermen in the first nine months of 2015, injuring 22 Palestinians.

"These attacks occurred in a time where the fishers did not pose any threat to the Israeli naval troops, as they were doing their job to secure a living," the center said.

In the same period, at least 15 Palestinian fishermen were detained.

Despite Israel‘s pledge to expand the fishing zone following the war in the summer of 2014, the s have remained while the over nine-year blockade imposed by Israel has devastated the livelihood of the around 4,000 fishermen living in the coastal enclave.

M.N