GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli naval forces on Thursday detained two Palestinian fishermen off the Gazan coast for allegedly heading beyond the designated nine-nautical-mile fishing zone.
Amjad al-Sharafi, an official with the fishermen's union, told Ma'an that Israeli boats detained the fishermen, identified as Iyad Allun and Raed Abu Odeh, off the coast of Khan Younis and left their boat drifting at sea before it was towed back to shore by other fishermen.
Israeli
forces regularly detain Palestinian fisherman off the coast of Gaza
claiming they went beyond the designated fishing zone, which was
recently extended from six to nine nautical miles.
According
to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Israeli forces detained 71
fishermen and confiscated 22 fishing boats throughout 2015.
The
center said that Israeli naval forces also opened fire on Palestinian
fishermen at least 139 times over the course of the year, wounding 24
and damaging 16 fishing boats.
"These attacks
occurred in a time where the fishers did not pose any threat to the
Israeli naval troops, as they were doing their job to secure a living,"
the center said.
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