GAZA, Friday, March 08, 2019 (WAFA) – Israeli naval forces Friday morning detained four Palestinian fishermen and seized their boat offshore al-Sudaniya, northwest of Gaza city.
WAFA correspondent reported a fisherman saying that the Israeli navy surrounded a Palestinian fishing boat with four fishermen aboard, opening fire towards and chased them.
Before their detention, the fishermen were forced to strip off their clothes and swim in cold water to the naval ships. The fishing boat was seized and escorted to the Israeli seaport of Ashdod
The Gaza Strip‘s sea should extend 20 nautical miles from the coast, according to the Oslo peace accords signed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, but Israel has a heavy naval presence restricting any traffic in or out of the enclave.
It also s the distance Gaza‘s fishermen can travel to fish, alternating the distance between six and nine nautical miles - significantly less than the amount designated in the Oslo agreements.
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