Israeli gunboats have opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats off the northern coast of the Gaza Strip as the Tel Aviv regime’s aggression against Palestinians in the besieged sliver continues unabated.
Witnesses said Israeli forces fired shots at Palestinian fishermen near the shores of Gaza City on Friday, forcing the fishing boats to return. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
On December 3, Israeli warships targeted Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip, seriously wounding a fisherman.
The fisherman, identified as 32-year-old Fakher Nizar Abu Riyaleh, was critically injured in the head by shrapnel from Israeli shells. He was taken to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to receive medical treatment.
According to the Gaza Fishermen’s Syndicate, the Tel Aviv regime has on numerous occasions violated a ceasefire agreement with the Palestinians that took effect after indirect negotiations in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
The truce put an end to the 50-day Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which started on July 8. The onslaught killed at least 2,140 Palestinians and injured thousands of others.
Under the ceasefire agreement, Israel said it would immediately expand the fishing zone off Gaza’s coast and allow fishermen to sail as far as six nautical miles from shore. The Israeli military actions have significantly damaged Gaza’s fishing industry.
The Gaza Strip has been under Israel’s blockade since June 2007. The blockade has caused a decline in the standard of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
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