PCHR weekly report 8/9 - 14/9/2011: 2 fishermen wounded, abducted along 6 otherones

extracts from PCHR weekly report 8/9 - 14/9/2011:

IOF continued to attack Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip.

Two fishermen were wounded.

IOF arrested and interrogated 8 fishermen, including two children, but released later.

Sunday, 11 September 2011  

At approximately 06:15, two Israeli gunboats surrounded two Palestinian fishing boats, on board of which were 8 Palestinian fishermen, including two children, opposite to Beit Lahia beach in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli naval troops opened fire at the boats wounding two fishermen lightly:

1- Khader Hassan Bakr, 29, wounded by shrapnel to the left hand; and

2- Mohammed Suhail Bakr, 17, wounded by shrapnel to the right thigh.

Israeli naval troop then arrested the eight fishermen, but released them at approximately 18:00:
 

Hassan Khader Bakr, 53;
Khader Hassan Bakr, 29;
Ja’far Hassan Bakr, 27;
Mohammed Hassan Bakr, 21;
‘Allam Nasser Bakr, 16;
Khalil Jouhar Bakr, 21;
 Mohammed Majed Bakr, 19; and
Mohammed Suhail Bakr, 17. 

Tuesday, 13 September 2011




At approximately 07:15, Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats opposite to Beit Lahia beach in the northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian fishermen were forced sail back to the beach, but no casualties were reported.