May 24, 2015 10:27 P.M. (Updated: May 25, 2015 10:13 P.M.)
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GAZA
CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen and
farmers in the Gaza Strip Sunday morning, with no injuries reported.Witnesses
told Ma'an that Israeli naval boats fired on fishing boats off Sheikh
Ijlein and Nuseirat on the northern Gazan coast, forcing the fisherman
to return to land.Meanwhile, Israeli troops stationed in
watchtowers along the borders with Gaza fired gunshots at Palestinian
farmers working on their fields near the border area in northwestern
Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.Israeli forces have
repeatedly opened fire on Palestinian fisherman and farmers since the
ceasefire agreement signed Aug. 26, 2014 that ended a devastating 50-day
Israeli military offensive against the Gaza Strip.In
March alone, there were a total of 35 incidents of shootings, incursions
into the coastal enclave, and arrests, according to the Palestinian
Center for Human Rights.The shootings left 10 injured, including three minors.The
attacks come despite Israeli promises at the end of the ceasefire to
ease restrictions on Palestinian access to both the sea and the border
region near the "security buffer zone."
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