A view shows the site of an Israeli air strike carried out in Gaza City July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Palestine, Gaza: Gaza fishermen were forced today to return to shore and cut short their fishing endeavor after Israeli navy boats opened fire in their direction, according to Palestinian local sources.
According to WAFA news agency, Israeli navy opened heavy machine gunfire at the fishing boats sailing in the northern waters of the Gaza Strip, disrupting their work and forcing them to return to shore to avoid being injured or detained. No one was hurt.
The Israeli navy regularly harass and attack Gaza fishermen sailing within the six nautical miles in the southern Gaza coast allowed to them by Israel as part of its 12-year-long blockade on the Gaza Strip or three nautical miles in the northern Gaza coast.
