Israeli naval forces have detained three Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the blockaded Gaza Strip and confiscated their boats.
Witnesses said Israeli warships have stopped two Palestinian fishing boats near the city of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip early on Tuesday, and arrested three fishermen at gunpoint.
The boats and fishermen were taken to an unknown location.
Palestinian boats are permitted to fish up to six nautical miles from the Gaza coast according to the terms of Israel’s naval blockade on the impoverished enclave.
The fishing area was extended to six nautical miles from three nautical miles on November 21, 2012 in the truce deal that ended an eight-day Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip.
Gaza has been blockaded since June 2007, which is a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO), which represents more than 130 Palestinian civil society organizations, has called on the international community to end the “continuous Israeli siege.”
Several human rights organizations and civil groups have also criticized the Egyptian army for preventing the people in Gaza from accessing most of their basic goods like construction materials, food, and fuel.
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