GAZA, May 9, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli naval boats on Tuesday resumed attacks against Palestinian fishermen sailing within the six-nautical-mile fishing zone offshore Gaza, according to local sources.
WAFA correspondent said the Israeli navy chased the fishermen and attacked them with gunfire, causing damage to at least one boat. There were no reports of casualties, however.
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.
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.”
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