tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-128443255891717952024-03-13T02:22:52.939-07:00Fishing Under FireUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger738125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-16424686943048406642018-11-14T08:05:00.000-08:002018-11-14T08:05:25.764-08:00Gaza fisherman shot, killed by Israeli navy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=781796">Ma'an</a>) -- A Palestinian fisherman was shot and killed by Israeli
naval forces, on Wednesday evening, off the coast of the northern
besieged Gaza Strip.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11pt;">Spokesperson
of the Gaza Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qidra, confirmed that one
Palestinian fisherman was killed, identifying him as Nawwaf al-Attar,
20, from Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11pt;">Al-Qidra added that al-Attar arrived dead to the Indonesian Hospital with an explosive bullet in his abdomen.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11pt;">Israeli
naval forces had opened fire at Palestinian fishermen working at three
nautical miles off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip, forcing them to
head back to work at one nautical mile.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Head of the Fishermen Committees in the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, Zakaria Bakr, had <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=781791" target="_blank">confirmed</a> earlier
Wednesday, that the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture informed
fishermen to resume work along the besieged Gaza Strip's coast.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-68981493688935515932018-11-08T02:51:00.003-08:002018-11-08T02:52:41.575-08:00Egyptian navy shoots, kills Palestinian fisherman in southern Gaza<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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CITY (<a href="http://maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=781725">Ma'an</a>) – A Palestinian fisherman was shot and killed by Egyptian
naval forces, on Wednesday, while fishing off the coast of Rafah, south
of the besieged Gaza Strip bordering Egypt.<br />
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Zacharia Baker,
Head of the Gaza Fishermen Committee, told Ma'an that the fisherman,
Mustafa Khalil Abu Odeh, 30, from the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza
City, was shot by two Egyptian live bullets, causing him critical
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Odeh was transferred to the Abu Youssef
Najjar Hospital in Rafah, where he was pronounced dead, after being shot
in the chest and abdomen.</div>
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No reason was provided for the shooting and killing of Odeh.</div>
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reports of Egyptian forces opening fire at Gazans are uncommon, Israeli
military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the "buffer
zone" which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a
near-daily occurrence.<br />
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Egypt upholds an Israeli military
blockade on Gaza, keeping borders largely closed and limiting imports,
exports, and the freedom of movement of its residents.<br />
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The
threat from Egyptian forces comes as Palestinian fishermen already face
daily risks in order to make a living, including routine harassment from
Israeli naval forces, confiscation of boats and materials, detention
and potentially death.Israeli forces open fire towards Palestinian fishing boats on a daily basis.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-21649139791678298492017-07-17T02:38:00.001-07:002017-07-17T02:39:33.655-07:00Israeli navy shoots, injures 2 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast<div class="BodyDiv">
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CITY (<a href="http://maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=778144">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli naval forces shot and injured two unarmed
Palestinian fishermen who were working off the coast of Khan Yunis in
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Spokesman for the health ministry in Gaza Ashraf al-Qidra said the two </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">fishermen</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> were evacuated to Nasser Medical Center in Khan Yunis for treatment. They were both shot in the feet, according to al-Qidra. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">A Palestinian security source identified the fishermen</span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11pt;"> as Ibrahim al-Jahjouh and Khader Abu Shammala. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.6667px;">As part of Israel's blockade of the coastal enclave since 2007,</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11pt;"> the Israeli army, c</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.6667px;">iting security concerns, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.6667px;">requires</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11pt;">
Palestinian fishermen to work within a limited "designated fishing
zone," the exact limits of which are decided by the Israeli authorities
and have historically fluctuated.</span></div>
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Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian
fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they
approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.</span></div>
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In May, Israeli forces <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=777078" target="_blank">shot and killed an unarmed Palestinian fisherman, Muhammad Majid Bakr</a>, off Gaza's coast.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Despite the Israeli army claiming at the time that the boat had “deviated from the designated fishing zone, </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica";"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">prompting Israeli forces to open fire, witness testimonies and investigations conducted by multiple <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/18/israeli-forces-kill-gaza-fisherman-sea">rights groups </a>said his</span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">fishing boat had been well within the fishing zone when he came under fire.</span></div>
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organization the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that as of
May, Israel had seized at least five fishing boats, detained at least 14
Palestinian fishermen, shot and injured six, and <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=774790" target="_blank">killed one other fisherman</a> -- who drowned after Israeli forces sunk his boat, since the start of 2017.</div>
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Israeli
human rights group B’tselem recently concluded that Israel’s Gaza
closure and “harassment of fishermen” have been “destroying Gaza’s
fishing sector,” with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty
line.</div>
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The ongoing attacks on Gaza's fishermen come as Gaza's two million residents <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=777650" target="_blank">marked their tenth year under Israeli blockade</a>.</div>
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Five years after the United Nations warned that Gaza could become unlivable by 2020, <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=778034" target="_blank">a new UN report</a> determined that the situation there maybe have already reached that stage. In addition to ongoing <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=778016" target="_blank">energy </a>and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">health </a>crises, more than half of Gaza’s two million residents suffer from food insecurity.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-10403952784441708362017-05-16T20:26:00.002-07:002017-05-16T20:27:51.003-07:00Fisherman Mohammed Baker Dies Succumbing to His Wounds After Israeli Naval Forces Open Fire at him from 3-Meter distance without Posing any Threat<b> </b><img alt="http://pchrgaza.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1494852380qjDF6-534x462.jpeg" src="http://pchrgaza.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1494852380qjDF6-534x462.jpeg" height="346" width="400" /><br />
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<b>Ref: 40/2017</b>
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Yesterday afternoon, 15 May 2017, Palestinian fisherman Mohammed
Majed Fadel Baker succumbed to his wounds after the Israeli naval
soldiers opened fire from a distance of 3 meters at the boat manned by
him, his brothers and cousin in the northern Gaza Sea. This indicates a
new crime committed by the Israeli forces though none of the fishermen
posed any threat to the live of Israeli soldiers. This also emphasizes
continuation of Israel’s policy to target the fishermen and their safety
and deny them from freely sailing and fishing within the allowed
fishing area.<br />
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According to PCHR’s investigation, at approximately 08:30 on Monday,
15 May 2017, an Israeli gunboat accompanied with a rubber boat opened
fire at a Palestinian fishing boat sailing within 3 nautical miles off
al-Wahah shore, northwest of Gaza City. The boat was manned by 4
fishermen namely ‘Omran Majed Baker (33), his two brothers; Fadi (32)
and Mohammed (25), and their cousin Mohammed Zeyad Hasan Baker (32), and
all of them are from Gaza. The fishermen fled by their boat to the
south, but the Israeli gunboat manned by 8 soldiers armed with automatic
rifles chased the boat and were able to target directly its engine. As a
result, the boat stopped off shore in front of the Intelligence Service
office, west of Gaza, and ‘Omran was hit with 2 metal bullets to the
leg and abdomen. After that, a soldier opened fire from a 3-meter
distance at the fishermen, wounding Mohammed Baker with a live bullet to
the upper side of abdomen. Mohammed then fell down as part of his
bowels got out. However, the soldiers forced the fishermen to move
Mohammed to their boat and then sailed towards Ashqelon. At
approximately 16:30 on the same day, Mohammed was announced dead
succumbing to his wounds in Barzilai Hospital. His body was then
transferred to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza after coordinating with the
Palestinian Liaison office.<br />
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Mohammed Zeyad Hasan Baker (32), said to PCHR’s fieldworker that:<br />
“<i>At approximately 08:00, I sailed with my cousins ‘Omran, Fadi
and Mohammed Majed Baker from Gaza Seaport along with another fishing
boat manned by 4 fishermen. After 15 minutes, We arrived at al-Sudaniya
area sailing within 3 nautical miles off al-Waha shore about 1.5 miles
off the allowed fishing area. When we started fishing, I saw an Israeli
gunboat accompanied with a rubber boat coming from the north and
speeding towards us. ‘Omran turned on the engine, headed to the south
and stationed off the Intelligence Service office. I then saw the rubber
boat speeding towards us and arrived in less than 2 minutes. There were
8 navy soldiers, 4 of whom were masked. The distance between us was
about two meters when 2 soldiers randomly opened fire at us while we
were trying to avoid being shot. Ten minutes later, the soldiers
directly opened fire at us from a 3-meter distance. As a result, Fadi
Majed Baker (32) sustained 2 rubber-coated metal bullets to the leg and
abdomen. The Israeli gunboat continued chasing us, but suddenly appeared
in front of our boat and the soldiers directly opened fire at the boat
engine. As a result, the boat stopped, and Mohammed was wounded and
fell down. We shouted to inform the soldiers that Mohammed is wounded.
One of the soldiers then ordered us to come to the boat front while the
other soldiers kept shooting above our heads. I carried Mohammed, who
was wounded and part of his bowels were out. He was foaming and then
went into coma. The soldier, who was driving the gunboat, ordered me to
carry Mohammed while 2 other soldiers took him to the gunboat, sailing
towards Ashkelon. Furthermore, the other Israeli boat dragged our boat,
which was hit with 6 live bullets, to the Gaza Seaport after an hour,
but we lost the fishing net.”</i><br />
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The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns this
new crime, which led to the death of fisherman Mohammed Baker. PCHR
confirms that this crime falls under the continued Israeli attacks
against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip to terrify and deprive
them of their right to sail and fish freely. PCHR hereby:<br />
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<li>Calls upon the International community, including the High
Contracting Parties to the 1949 Geneva Convention, to intervene to stop
all Israeli violations against fishermen and their property and allow
them to fish freely in Gaza Sea;</li>
<li>Demands Opening an investigation into the crime that led to the
death of Mohammed Baker though he did not pose any threat to the safety
and security of the Israeli soldier;</li>
<li>Calls for immediately ending the chasing policy of fishermen and allow them to sail and fish freely;</li>
<li>Releasing those fishermen arrested by Israeli forces; and</li>
<li>Compensating the victims of the Israeli violations for the physical and material damage.</li>
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(<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=777078">Ma’an</a>) -- A Palestinian fisherman who was shot and injured by Israeli
forces off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip earlier on Monday
succumbed to his wounds while hospitalized in Israel, a local NGO
reported.<br />
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According to the al-Mezan Center for
Human Rights, Muhammad Majid Bakr, a 23-year-old resident from the
al-Shati refugee camp, was shot by Israeli naval forces at around 8:30
a.m. on Monday morning while fishing off the coast of Gaza with his
brother Umran Majid Bakr.</div>
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Umran told
al-Mezan that Bakr had been shot in the chest, and was still bleeding
when Israeli naval ships surrounded their fishing boat and detained
Bakr.</div>
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The Palestinian liaison office officially confirmed Bakr's death on Monday afternoon.</div>
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Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that a Palestinian fishing vessel
"deviated from the designated fishing zone" in the early morning hours
on Monday. As the fishing boat reportedly continued to advance further
into sea after Israeli forces fired shots into the air, the spokesperson
said, Israeli soldiers shot at the boat.</div>
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The
spokesperson confirmed that one fisherman was injured and was declared
dead once taken to a hospital in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, adding
that the case was "under review" by the army.</div>
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A
spokesperson for the Barzilai hospital, where Bakr was taken by Israeli
forces for treatment, did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.</div>
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<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=777066" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Earlier on Monday</a>,
Ma’an reported that at least six Palestinian fishermen had been
detained off the coast of Gaza between Sunday and Monday, including
three from al-Shati, although Muhammad Majid Bakr had not been
identified as being among them.</div>
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The incidents came after Israeli authorities <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=776826" style="border: 0px; color: #4800ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 14.6667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" target="_blank">decided to temporarily expand the designated fishing zone</a> in the southern Gaza Strip to nine nautical miles on May 3.</div>
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The
Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian
fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they
approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.</div>
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As
part of Israel's blockade of the coastal enclave since 2007,
Palestinian fishermen have been required to work within a limited
"designated fishing zone," the exact limits of which are decided by the
Israeli authorities and have historically fluctuated.</div>
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Al-Mezan
has reported that since the beginning of the year, Israel has seized
five fishing boats, detained 14 Palestinian fishermen, shot and injured
four, <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=774790" style="border: 0px; color: #4800ff; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 14.6667px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;" target="_blank">and killed one other fisherman,</a> who drowned after Israeli forces sunk his boat.<br />
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According
to Ma'an documentation, Bakr is one of at least 22 Palestinians to have
been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of 2017, three of
whom were killed in the besieged Gaza Strip.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-6329452167300947382016-06-02T23:35:00.000-07:002016-06-04T23:35:57.985-07:00Israeli forces Release 5 Fishermen, 2 of whom Wounded, and Keep 2 Fishing Boats in Custody<a href="http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=8164">PCHR</a><br />
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Ref: 31/2016<strong> </strong>
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On Tuesday, 31 May 2016, Israeli navy forces opened fire at 5
fishermen on board of two fishing boats and wounded 2 of them, after
which, Israeli navy forces arrested the 5 fishermen and confiscated
their two boats. Israeli navy forces did not offer the medical aid for
one of the wounded fishermen, who was hit with a live bullet to the
right knee. On the same day, Israeli forces released the five fishermen,
while the two boats have been still in custody in Ashdod Seaport. The
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the Israeli
attacks against fishermen and their property in the Gaza Strip Sea and
calls upon the international community to intervene to protect the
Palestinian fishermen and stop violations and direct attacks practiced
against them and their property.<br />
According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 06:50
on Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 3 fishing boats were sailing within 3 nautical
miles offshore, southwest of the Gaza City, on board of which were 7
fishermen. A fisherman stated that he saw two Israeli gunboats quickly
approaching their boats, therefore, the fishermen attempted to flee to
the shore for fear of being arrested or for their boats to be
confiscated. However, they were surprised by heavy fire at them. As a
result, Rajab Khalid Rajab Abu Riyalah (30) was hit with a live bullet
to the right knee, while his brother Khalid, who was on board of the
same boat, was hit with a rubber-coated metal bullet to the abdomen.
Israeli forces arrested the two wounded fishermen in addition to the
three others, who were identified as Hasan Mohamed Ibrahim Miqdad (31)
and his brother Mohamed (29) and Mohamed Bashir Sha’ban Abu Riyalah (21)
after forcing them to take off their clothes. The Israeli navy forces
pulled the 2 boats to Ashdod Seaport. A third fishing boat manned by 2
fishermen fled to the shore. The 2 wounded fishermen received first aid,
while although Rajab Abu Riyalah was referred to Barzilai Medical
Center and stayed there for 6 hours, the bullet remained in his knee.
The 5 fishermen were released at approximately 19:00 on the same day,
but the 2 boats remained in the Israeli custody.<br />
Rajab Khaled Rajab Abu Riyala (30) said to PCHR’s fieldworker that
once he was admitted to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, he underwent a
surgery to take the bullet out of his knee. It should be noted that Abu
Riyala has been at the hospital.<br />
PCHR strongly condemns the new Israeli attacks against Palestinian
fishermen and their property, arrests, opening gunfire at them without
offering first aid, confiscation of fishing boats and other property.
PCHR also considers these attack as a grave violation of the fishermen’s
right to sail and fish freely and to protect their property in the Gaza
waters. Moreover, PCHR believes that such attacks against Palestinian
fishermen constitute a form of collective punishment against them which
aims to target fishermen and their livelihood. Furthermore, PCHR calls
upon the international community to provide protection for Palestinian
fishermen and their right to sail and fish freely, and to stop all forms
of collective punishment against fishermen and their property which
violate the international humanitarian law and international human
rights law.<br />
وim on the, Rajab Khalid Rajab Abu Riyalah (30) was hit with a live bullet to the knee, while his brother, Khalid who was accompUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-598313655513093272016-04-26T17:01:00.000-07:002016-04-29T17:02:24.199-07:00Israeli forces detain 2 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coastApril 26, 2016 8:16 P.M. (Updated: April 27, 2016 2:09 P.M.)<br />
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771303">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli forces detained two Palestinian fishermen off
the coast of the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the Gaza fishermen
committee said.<br />
The head of the Gaza fishermen committee,
Zakariya Bakr, told Ma'an that Israeli naval forces opened fire at
fishing boats off the coast of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.Bakr
added that Israeli forces then detained fishermen Aahed Ziyad Zayid and
Munis al-Abed Zayid and confiscated their boats before taking them to
an unknown location.No injuries were reported in the incident, Bakr said.An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an they were looking into the reports.<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771292" target="_blank">Earlier on Tuesday</a>,
witnesses told Ma’an that Israeli naval forces fired live ammunition at
fishermen working off the coast of al-Zahra area of central Gaza,
without causing any injuries.The Israeli military enters
Palestinian areas on both land and sea sides of the Gaza Strip on a
near-daily basis, often putting Palestinian fishermen and farmers -- and
their livelihoods -- at risk.While Israeli authorities
this month expanded the fishing zone designated for Palestinian
fishermen to nine nautical miles in the southern Gaza Strip, and
retained the six mile zone in the north, fishermen regularly report
detentions, live fire, and boat confiscation within these limits.The
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has documented
over 40 instances of Israeli incursions into the Gaza border area this
month alone.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-14016827570976590492016-04-26T16:57:00.000-07:002016-04-29T16:57:53.447-07:00Israeli forces open fire on fishermen, level land in GazaApril 26, 2016 10:22 A.M. (Updated: April 26, 2016 4:22 P.M.)<br />
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GAZA
(<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771292">Ma’an</a>) -- Israeli forces on Tuesday opened fire on Palestinian
fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip as military forces leveled
Palestinian land on the borderline with Israel, locals said.<br />
Witnesses
told Ma’an that Israeli naval forces fired live ammunition at fishermen
working off the coast of al-Zahra area of central Gaza. No injuries
were reported.In the eastern area of the besieged enclave,
locals said Israeli bulldozers entered Palestinian land near
al-Shujaiyya and leveled the area.An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an they were looking into the reports.The
Israeli military enters Palestinian areas on both land and sea sides of
the Gaza Strip on a near-daily basis, often putting Palestinian
fishermen and farmers -- and their livelihoods -- at risk.While
Israeli authorities this month expanded the fishing zone designated for
Palestinian fishermen to nine nautical miles in the southern Gaza
Strip, and retained the six mile zone in the north, fishermen regularly
report detentions, live fire, and boat confiscation within these limits.The
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has documented
over 40 instances of Israeli incursions into the Gaza border area this
month alone.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-18145151664565661622016-04-24T16:54:00.000-07:002016-04-29T16:55:06.091-07:00Israeli forces detain 2 Palestinian fishermen off Gazan coastApril 24, 2016 1:00 P.M. (Updated: April 24, 2016 5:08 P.M.)<br />
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(<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771267">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli naval forces on Sunday morning detained two
Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip and seized their
fishing boat, local sources told Ma'an.<div>
Locals told Ma'an
that Israeli naval forces opened fire on fishing boats, and detained
Oranus al-Sultan and Ibrahim al-Sultan and took them to an unknown
location. The sources added that Israeli forces seized fishing equipment and the boat.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">As
part of Israel's near-decade long blockade of the coastal enclave since
2007, Palestinian fishermen have been required to work within a limited
"designated fishing zone" off the coast, which was recently extended to
nine nautical miles.</span></div>
Israeli forces
regularly detain Palestinian fisherman off the coast of Gaza working
within the fishing zone, generally for alleged security reasons.<div>
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According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Israeli forces
detained 71 fishermen and confiscated 22 fishing boats throughout 2015.</span></div>
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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.</div>
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"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.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-60315083312209348732016-04-19T16:44:00.000-07:002016-04-29T16:45:14.786-07:00Palestinian fisherman shot, 3 detained off Gaza coastApril 19, 2016 10:35 A.M. (Updated: April 19, 2016 5:35 P.M.)<br />
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771199">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli naval forces shot and injured a Palestinian
fisherman and detained three others off the coast Rafah in the southern
Gaza Strip early Tuesday, sources saidHead of the
fishermen’s union Nizar Ayyash told Ma’an the forces opened fire on the
fishermen while they were working at sea within the nine-mile fishing
zone designated by the Israeli authorities.The injured
fisherman was released by the naval forces and taken to the hospital for
medical treatment while three others were detained, Ayyash said.An Israeli spokesperson told Ma’an they were looking into the reports.Israel early this month loosened severe seaside restrictions on Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave, <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=770964" target="_blank">extending</a> the military-enforced designated fishing zone by three nautical miles off the southern coast of the Gaza Strip.The
Gaza Strip has been under a crippling blockade since 2007 and has
enforced “buffer zone” along land and sea borders for alleged security
purposes. The zone is generally enforced by live fire,
putting the lives of both fishermen and farmers at risk on a near-daily
basis, ultimately devastating agricultural and fishing sectors of the
strip’s already-withered economy.While Israel typically
cites security concerns when targeting Palestinian fishermen, the
Palestinian Center for Human Rights has reported in the past that
fishermen are often targeted when they pose no threat.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-37382855192943791342016-04-12T06:51:00.001-07:002016-04-12T06:51:18.841-07:00IDF fires on Gaza fishermen despite expanded fishing zone<a href="http://972mag.com/idf-fires-on-gaza-fishermen-despite-expanded-fishing-zone/118468/"><em><strong> 972mag.com</strong></em></a><br />
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<em><strong>One Palestinian fisherman is reportedly wounded by
Israeli navy fire, four are arrested and their boats seized. The size of
the zone where Israel allows Gazans to fish changes at the whims of
Israeli military commanders and politicians, who have in the past openly
discussed how they use it as collective punishment.</strong></em><br />
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By Haggai Matar and <a href="http://972mag.com/author/michaelom/">Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man</a><br />
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The Israeli navy opened fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen off the
coast of the northern Gaza Strip Saturday morning. No injuries were
reported.<br />
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On Friday Israeli naval forces arrested four Palestinian fishermen
off the southern Gaza coast. Israel released three of the four men
Saturday morning. The fourth, who was reportedly wounded by naval
gunfire, was expected to be released later in the day.<br />
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According to witnesses cited by both the <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771058">Ma’an</a> and <a href="http://english.wafa.ps/page.aspx?id=8iXDtda34392546408a8iXDtd">Wafa news agencies</a>, both incidents took place within the designated fishing zone.<br />
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Earlier this week <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/04/world/middleeast/israel-expands-palestinian-fishing-zone-off-gazas-coast.html?_r=0">the Israeli army expanded</a>
the area in which it permits Palestinians to fish from six to nine
nautical miles off the coast. Palestinians are still not allowed to
venture more than six nautical miles off the coast in the northern half
of the Strip.<br />
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The limitations affect the amount and types of fish that can be caught, and results in overfishing within the permitted areas.<br />
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According to the Oslo Accords which created the systems that defined
the mechanisms according to which the Israeli military rules
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, Israel agreed to allow fishermen
in Gaza to operate freely in a zone extending 20 nautical miles off the
coast.<br />
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The Israeli army has not abided by that commitment for the past
decade. Israeli authorities first shrunk the zone to 10 nautical miles,
then three nautical miles. As part of a cease-fire agreement with Hamas
after the 2014 Gaza war, however, Israel agreed to expand the zone to
six nautical miles.<br />
The size of the permitted fishing zone changes at the whim of Israeli military commanders and politicians, who have in the past <a href="http://972mag.com/why-does-the-idf-hold-gazan-fishermen-responsible-for-rocket-launching/72020/">openly discussed how they use it as collective punishment</a> against civilians in response to rocket fire from armed groups. Sometimes Israeli naval forces simply <a href="http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=7930" target="_blank">announce via loudspeaker</a>s that they are reducing the size of the zone on a given day.<br />
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Palestinian fishermen regularly report that Israeli naval forces
harass them, shoot at them, and seize their boats well within the
authorized zone. Even when the army admits shooting Palestinian
fishermen inside the zone, <a href="http://972mag.com/will-israelis-ever-hear-about-attacks-on-gazas-fishermen/104627/">nobody is held accountable</a>.<br />
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There were at least 139 incidents in which Israeli military forces
fired on Palestinian fishermen in 2015, wounding at least 24 fishermen
and damaging at least 16 fishing boats, <a href="http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=7753" target="_blank">according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights</a>
(PCHR). An additional six incidents involved artillery shells. The IDF
arrested at least 71 fishermen and seized 22 boats in the same period.<br />
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Israel’s decade-old siege on the Gaza Strip, <a href="http://972mag.com/photos-gazans-hope-to-get-out-during-rare-border-opening/117022/">reinforced by Egypt</a>,
is enforced through a military blockade on Gaza’s land and sea borders,
full control of the Strip’s airspace and the destruction of <a href="http://972mag.com/gaza-deserves-an-airport-of-its-own-and-this-how-it-can-work/114708/">its only airport</a>.
Despite the fact that Israel pulled its troops out of Gaza in 2005 the
army still controls the Strip’s currency (the new Israeli shekel), the
population registry, large parts of the <a href="http://972mag.com/no-israel-doesnt-give-gaza-electricity-for-free/117812/">electricity</a> and water grids, all <a href="http://972mag.com/when-security-isnt-enough-separating-gaza-and-the-west-bank/83462/">imports and exports</a>, and decides <a href="http://972mag.com/on-second-thought-no-gaza-students-denied-exit-permits/103225/">who may enter and exit</a> through the only regularly open passenger border crossing.<br />
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Furthermore, the Israeli army still controls movement inside the Gaza
Strip. Israeli troops maintain a no-go zone several hundred meters from
the border fence. Palestinian farmers and protesters who enter the
no-go zone, which comprises a significant portion of Gaza’s arable land,
are <a href="http://972mag.com/idf-kills-6-gazans-wounds-over-130-as-violence-spreads/112522/">regularly fired upon and sometimes killed</a>.<br />
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Earlier this year <a href="http://972mag.com/idf-admits-spraying-herbicides-inside-the-gaza-strip/115290/">+972 revealed</a>
that the army had begun spraying herbicides and germination inhibitors
inside the Gaza Strip, damaging some 420 acres of Palestinian-owned
crops. The army also regularly enters the Gaza Strip in order to clear
brush and other obstacles to its line of sight which it claims
Palestinian militants can use to launch attacks against Israeli troops.<br />
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The Israeli army also <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/11/3g-palestine-late-israel-151129063333397.html">restricts the cellular internet speeds</a> residents of the Gaza Strip may enjoy. The army decides <a href="http://972mag.com/when-security-isnt-enough-separating-gaza-and-the-west-bank/83462/">with whom Gaza businesses may conduct trade</a>,
including whether they can trade with other Palestinians in the West
Bank, what goods they may trade, and every other aspect of imports and
exports.<br />
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<em>A shorter version of this article first appeared in Hebrew on Local Call. Read it <a href="http://mekomit.co.il/stream/%D7%A2%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%A8-%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9D/" target="_blank">here</a>.</em><br />
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771039">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli naval forces on Thursday detained two
Palestinian fishermen off the Gazan coast for allegedly heading beyond
the designated nine-nautical-mile fishing zone.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 150%;">Amjad al-Sharafi, a</span>n official with the fishermen's union, told Ma'an that Israeli boats detained the fishermen, identified as <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 150%;">Iyad Allun and Raed Abu Odeh, off the coast of Khan Younis </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">and left their boat drifting at sea before it was towed back to shore by other fishermen. </span></div>
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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.</div>
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According
to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Israeli forces detained 71
fishermen and confiscated 22 fishing boats throughout 2015.</div>
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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.</div>
"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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-38707935043276069382015-12-22T04:58:00.000-08:002015-12-23T04:59:09.915-08:00Israeli naval forces detain 14 Palestinian fishermen, seize boats
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(<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769457">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli naval forces early Tuesday detained 14 Palestinian
fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip near Beit Lahiya and seized
their boats, local officials said.</div>
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sources told Ma'an that Amjad Zayed, Sami al-Sultan, and two other
fishermen who were not identified were detained by naval forces after
their fishing boat was confiscated.</div>
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Meanwhile, a
spokesperson for the syndicate of Gaza fishermen, Nizar Ayyash, told
Ma'an that Israeli naval boats had escorted other fishermen in their
boats to the Israeli port of Ashdod, north of Gaza.Ayyash
said 10 had been detained, identifying them as Atif Ahid Bakir and his
son Muhib Atif Bakir, Muhammad Ahid Bakir, Mahmoud Zuheir al-Ashwah,
Yusri Miqdad, Khalil Bahjat Bakir, Bahjat Khalil Bakir, Shadi Jihad
Bakir, Hasan Zaki Bakir and Muhammad Jamal Bakir.</div>
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Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that naval forces on Tuesday
opened fire into the air after calling on “two vessels that deviated
from the designated fishing zone” to halt.</div>
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vessels "refused to halt," they were "escorted" to a nearby port, where
the spokesperson said the forces would decide whether or not to
confiscate the vessels.</div>
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Israeli-imposed blockade on the
territory forces fishermen to work within a limited "designated fishing
zone" off the coast of the besieged enclave, but Israeli naval forces
frequently shoot at fishermen working within these limits, according to
documentation by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.</div>
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Due to high frequency of attacks, live fire at fishing boats often goes unreported.</div>
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group recorded at least 117 incidents of forces opening fire on
fishermen in the first nine months of 2015, injuring 22 Palestinians.</div>
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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.</div>
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In the same period, at least 15 Palestinian fishermen were detained.</div>
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Despite
Israel's pledge to expand the fishing zone following the war in the
summer of 2014, the limits have remained while the over nine-year
blockade imposed by Israel has devastated the livelihood of the around
4,000 fishermen living in the coastal enclave.
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CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=768846">Ma’an</a>) -- Israeli forces shot and injured two Palestinian
fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip on Monday, witnesses said.</div>
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said the fishermen sustained moderate injuries after being targeted off
the coast near Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza by Israeli naval forces.</div>
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Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that three fishing boats deviated
from the designated fishing area and Israeli forces fired warning shots
in the air, with no reports of injuries.</div>
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forces have repeatedly opened fire on Palestinian fishermen and farmers
since the ceasefire agreement signed Aug. 26, 2014 that ended a
devastating 50-day Israeli military offensive against the Gaza Strip.</span><div style="font-size: 14.6667px;">
At least three Palestinian fishermen have been shot dead by Israeli forces since last September.</div>
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On Nov. 5, Egyptian military forces shot and killed a Palestinian fisherman off the coast of the southern Gaza Strip.Egypt
upholds the Israeli military blockade on Gaza, keeping borders largely
closed and limiting imports, exports, and the freedom of movement of its
residents.</div>
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CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=768668">Ma'an</a>) -- Egyptian military forces shot and killed a Palestinian
fisherman off the coast of the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday
afternoon, the Ministry of Health in the besieged enclave said.</div>
Ashraf
al-Qidra, spokesperson of the ministry, said Firas Mohammad Miqdad, 18,
from Rafah was shot in the abdomen by Egyptian forces while at sea and
died from his injuries.It is unclear why Egyptian forces opened fire.In
May, Egyptian naval forces opened fire at a Palestinian fishing boat
off the coast of the southern Gaza Strip, injuring a fisherman from
Rafah.Egypt upholds an Israeli military blockade on Gaza,
keeping borders largely closed and limiting imports, exports, and the
freedom of movement of its residents.The threat from
Egyptian forces comes as Palestinian fishermen already face daily risks
in order to make a living, including routine harassment from Israeli
naval forces, confiscation of boats and materials, detention, and
potentially death.<br />
<br />
<span id="docs-internal-guid-41010d10-d867-76d9-f33e-3b2e7544afa0">Israeli forces reportedly fired towards
Palestinian fishing boats on a daily basis last week, according to
documentation by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-71685233376977472352015-10-13T19:54:00.000-07:002015-10-13T19:54:04.682-07:00Israeli Attacks on Fishermen in the Gaza Sea<a href="http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11315:israeli-attacks-on-fishermen-in-the-gaza-sea&catid=144:new-reports">PCHR</a><br />
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Israeli Naval forces continued
to carry out attacks on Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip during the
reporting period</span> <span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">(01-30 September 2015), including 7 shooting incidents that
resulted in wounding a child accompanying his father on Beit Lahia shore.
Moreover, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) documented 3 shelling
incidents by Israeli gunboats and </span>a crash incident due to which fishing
boat was drowned. </div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">The Israeli naval forces did
not comply with the ceasefire agreement concluded between Israel and
Palestinian armed groups under Egyptian auspices on 26 August 2014. This agreement includes allowing Palestinian
fishermen to sail within 6 nautical miles in the Gaza Sea. According to PCHR's
investigations, all attacks took place within the distance of 6 nautical miles,
which proves that Israeli forces' policies aim to tighten restrictions on the
Gaza Strip's fishermen and their livelihoods.</span></div>
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<b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; padding: 0cm;">Violations of the International Humanitarian
and Human Rights Law</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Israel’s attacks against
Palestinian fishermen, who do not pose any threat to Israeli soldiers, in the
Gaza Strip constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian and
human rights law, relevant to the protection of the civilian population and
respect for its rights, including every person's right to work, and the right
to life, liberty and security of person, as codified in Article 3 of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 6 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), despite the fact that Israel is
a State Party to the Covenant. Furthermore, 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. Israeli violations in the
reporting period were as follows:</span></div>
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<b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; padding: 0cm;">First: Shooting Incidents</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">During the reporting period,
PCHR documented 7 shooting incidents and 3 shelling ones. The shooting incidents took place within the
allowed fishing area as follows: the northern Gaza Strip and Khan Yunis. One of
the shooting incidents led to injuring a child while he was accompanying his
father on Beit Lahia shore. </span></div>
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<b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; padding: 0cm;">Second: A child wounded adjacent to northern
Gaza Strip shore. </span></b></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 13pt; padding: 0cm;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">At approximately 18:00, 03
September 2015, Israeli forces stationed inside the watchtowers adjacent to
al-Seyafa area, northwest of Beit Lahia village, north of the Gaza Strip, opened
fire at a group of fishermen who were angling in the vicinity of the border
fence. As a result, Belal Omer Yousef Abu Amr, 10, from al-Manshiya area in
Beit Lahia village, sustained a bullet wound to the right thigh while he was
accompanying his father, who was angling </span>50 meters away from the border
fence<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">. Abu Amr was taken to Kmal
'Edwan Hospital to receive medical treatment, where a medical source stated
that his wound was moderate. </span><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; padding: 0cm;"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; padding: 0cm;">Third: Damaging Fishing Equipment</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"></span></b></div>
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-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span dir="ltr"></span>At approximately 19:30 on 26
September 2015, an Israeli gunboat collided with a fishing boat that was sailing
within 3 nautical miles off Khan Yunis shore.
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Foaad al-'Amoudy, head of the Fishermen Syndicate,
said to PCHR's fieldworker that an Israeli gunboat approached a fishing boat owned
by him along with three other persons. The aforementioned fishing boat was
sailing within 3 nautical miles off Khan Yunis shore. The Israeli gunboat pointed
torches at the fishing boat and then collided with, due to which the fishing
boat was drowned. The fishing boat owners headed to the place later, where the
boat sank, but they did not find it. </div>
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<b><span dir="ltr" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">Table of Israeli Attacks on Palestinian
Fishermen in the Gaza Strip in September 2015</span></b><span dir="ltr"></span></div>
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Shooting</div>
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Shelling</div>
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September 2015</div>
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<b>Table of Israeli Attacks on
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Confiscation of Fishing Boats</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Damaging Fishing Equipment</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">-</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.2pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">-</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">-</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">-</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm; width: 62pt;" valign="top" width="83">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">-</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 16.7pt;">
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 63.7pt;" valign="top" width="85">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">March</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 43.35pt;" valign="top" width="58">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">12</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 52.75pt;" valign="top" width="70">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">2</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.25pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">2</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.2pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">6</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">3</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">-</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm; width: 62pt;" valign="top" width="83">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 16.7pt;">
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 63.7pt;" valign="top" width="85">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">April</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 43.35pt;" valign="top" width="58">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">15</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 52.75pt;" valign="top" width="70">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.25pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">-</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.2pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">-</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">-</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">-</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm; width: 62pt;" valign="top" width="83">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">2 (fishing boat – net)</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 16.7pt;">
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 63.7pt;" valign="top" width="85">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">May</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 43.35pt;" valign="top" width="58">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">27</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 52.75pt;" valign="top" width="70">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">7</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.25pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.2pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">2</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm; width: 62pt;" valign="top" width="83">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">3</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 16.7pt;">
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 63.7pt;" valign="top" width="85">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">June</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 43.35pt;" valign="top" width="58">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">10</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 52.75pt;" valign="top" width="70">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">4</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.25pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
-</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.2pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">14</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">3</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">2</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm; width: 62pt;" valign="top" width="83">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">3</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 16.7pt;">
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 63.7pt;" valign="top" width="85">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">July</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 43.35pt;" valign="top" width="58">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">7</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 52.75pt;" valign="top" width="70">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">3</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.25pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
-</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.2pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">8</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">4</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
-</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm; width: 62pt;" valign="top" width="83">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
-</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 16.7pt;">
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: black; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 63.7pt;" valign="top" width="85">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">August</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 43.35pt;" valign="top" width="58">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">6</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 52.75pt;" valign="top" width="70">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">-</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 55.25pt;" valign="top" width="74">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
-</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 60.2pt;" valign="top" width="80">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">2</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 71.85pt;" valign="top" width="96">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 77.2pt;" valign="top" width="103">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
-</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-right-color: black; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none solid solid none; height: 16.7pt; padding: 0cm; width: 62pt;" valign="top" width="83">
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr; margin-left: 1.7pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">1</span></div>
</td>
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GAZA, (<a href="http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=74121">PIC</a>)-- Israeli naval gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire
Monday morning at the Palestinian fishing boats off the coasts of the
southern Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported during the attack.<br />
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Israeli gunboats targeted the Palestinian fishermen off the coasts of Central Gaza Strip, local sources said.<br />
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Israeli navy also targeted Palestinian fishing boats off the coasts of Rafah city in southern Gaza, sources added.<br />
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The fishermen were forced to leave the sea due to heavy firing, while no injuries were reported in both attacks.<br />
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Israeli gunboats open gunfire at Palestinian fishermen and their boats
on daily basis in violation of the ceasefire agreement reached on Aug.
26, 2014 between Israeli forces and Palestinian resistance with Egyptian
mediation.
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GAZA, (<a href="http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=74086">PIC</a>)-- The Israeli occupation navy at dawn Sunday opened
machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Rafah
district, south of the Gaza Strip.<br />
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Local sources said that all the fishermen on the boats survived the gunfire attack and managed to return to shore. <br />
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In an earlier incident, the Israeli navy on Saturday night bombed and
opened fire at the shores of al-Sudaniya and Khan Younis areas, north
and south of Gaza, with no reported casualties or material damage.
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GAZA, (<a href="http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=74042">PIC</a>)-- Israeli gunboats on Friday morning opened heavy
machinegun fire at Palestinian fishermen setting sail off Gaza shores.<br />
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According to media sources the Israeli navy forces opened their machine
gunfire on fishing boats sailing within four nautical miles off
al-Soudaniya shore, northwest of the blockaded Gaza Strip.<br />
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A fisherman’s boat sustained remarkable material damage in the attack.<br />
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The fishermen were forced to leave the sea for fear of being killed by Israeli bullet fire.<br />
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Israeli naval boats have often opened fire on Palestinian fishermen
sailing within the unilaterally-imposed six-nautical-mile zone,
flagrantly violating the Cairo-brokered ceasefire accord.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-40845328138535997172015-10-05T03:08:00.001-07:002015-10-05T03:08:49.880-07:00Israel detains 2 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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GAZA CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=767994">Ma’an</a>) -- Israeli naval forces on Monday detained two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza, witnesses said. Israeli
forces reportedly forced the fishermen to jump from their boat and swim
to the Israeli naval boat, before taking them to shore. Israeli forces also seized the boat and took it to the Israeli port of Ashdod.An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return respond when asked for comment.According
to documentation by the Gaza fishing union, Israel’s navy has committed
at least 1,370 assaults on fishermen since the signing of the July 2014
ceasefire agreement that ended Israel’s most recent military offensive.The
United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), found that the
blockade has seriously undermined the ability of Gazan fishermen to make
a living at sea.The difficulties have lead to a severe drop in those attempting to pursue the career. According
to OCHA, the number of fishermen in Gaza has declined from about 10,000
in 2000, to only 3,500 in 2013 -- 95 percent of whom receive
international aid to supplement their income.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-28852304535323359102015-10-05T03:06:00.002-07:002015-10-05T03:06:25.188-07:00Sami Ali El Goga – The Story of a Gazan Fisherman<br />
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ISM Gaza met the fisherman Sami Ali El Goga, 36, who lost his hand and
part of his arm the 12th March 2007, when he was attacked by the Israeli
navy. In the same attack his boat was completely destroyed and his
13-year-old nephew, who was in the boat with him, sustained shrapnel
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later he is still waiting for the assistance promised by several
international agencies, as he hasn’t been able to work since the attack,
and without the boat a 20-member-family lost its source of income.</div>
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On that day, Sami and his nephew had just reached the 1.5 miles naval
blockade when the zionist army approached and started shooting rockets
towards them. They attempted to escape to the closest beach, as there
was no chance to reach the port. Once on the beach the shooting didn’t
stop. Whilst attempting to escape from the boat with his nephew, it<i> </i>was hit by a rocket and in the explosion Sami was severely injured. He<b> </b>nearly
bled to death waiting for medical assistance as the Israeli navy
prevented any recue from reaching him until 30 minutes later.</div>
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After 3 hospitals in Gaza weren’t able to treat him the Palestinian
Authority mediated in order that he could be treated in a Hospital in
the ‘48 territories (AKA Israel), as the occupation had previously
refused to allow him to exit Gaza. The doctors there amputated his hand
and afterwards he was taken by the zionist intelligence for an
interrogation before sending him back to Gaza.</div>
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This wasn’t the first attack Sami suffered, as another boat from his family had been stolen by the occupation in the past.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-61309375950707200742015-09-24T22:53:00.000-07:002015-09-24T22:53:32.173-07:00IOF seeking to empty the sea of Palestinian fishermen, PGFTU<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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General Federation of Trade Unions, Sami Al-Umsi on Monday said that the
Israeli occupation’s naval forces are seeking to empty the sea of
Palestinian fishermen through the policy of daily ongoing attacks.<span id="more-4715"></span></div>
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a statement, Al-Umsi denounced Israeli naval forces opening heavy fire
on fishermen boats off the Khan Younis shores southern Gaza strip,
adding that the attacks have been escalating through the past months.<br />
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<strong>According
to Al-Umsi, IOF have kidnapped over 60 Palestinian fishermen, three of
them are still detained under charge of possessing Fiber
glass material. IOF have also confiscated about 30 boats since the
beginning of the ceasefire in August last year between
the Israeli occupation authorities and the Islamic Resistance Movement
(Hamas) in Gaza.</strong><br />
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Al-Umsi stressed that fishing and
navigation is a legitimate right for all Palestinian fishermen, adding
that the occupation’s crimes of damaging this profession should not
pass.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-45304099971731827842015-09-03T06:29:00.000-07:002015-09-15T06:30:02.658-07:00Israeli forces shoot, injure child of fisherman in Gaza<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=767427">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian child
near the shores of the Beit Lahiya village in the northern Gaza Strip,
medics said.Medics told Ma'an that Bilal Abu Amro, 11, was shot in the thigh while he was with his father, a fisherman.He was taken to Kamal Adwan hospital for treatment. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were unaware of the incident.Palestinian
fishermen making a living off of the shores of the besieged Gaza Strip
face daily risks, including routine harassment from Israeli naval
forces, confiscation of boats and materials, detention, and potentially
death.At least three Palestinian fishermen have been shot
dead by Israeli forces since September.Israeli forces often allege that
fishermen deviate from the designated fishing zone and pose a security
threat.The exact limits of the zone set by Israeli
authorities are often ambiguous, and authorities have not abided by the
fishing zone agreed upon in last summer's ceasefire agreement, rights
groups say.The attacks come despite Israeli promises at
the end of last summer's ceasefire to ease restrictions on Palestinian
access to both the sea and the border region near the "security buffer
zone."On July 31, Mohammad Hamid al-Masri,17, was shot by
Israeli forces and died instantly north of Beit Lahiya near the border
fence.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-50560919228858377532015-07-21T05:02:00.001-07:002015-07-21T05:03:05.106-07:00Israel navy shoots, critically injures Gaza fisherman<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=766576">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli naval forces shot and injured a Palestinian
fisherman with live rounds off the coast of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday
morning, witnesses said.Witnesses said that the fisherman
in his 20s was hit with a live bullet in his back and several
rubber-coated steel bullets in his hand while fishing off the coast
northwest of Gaza City.The unidentified fisherman was taken to al-Shifa Hospital where his injury was reported as critical.An
Israeli army spokeswoman had information of an incident off the Gazan
coast, but said she was not aware of any injuries sustained by
Palestinians.She said that Israeli naval forces fired
warning shots "in the air and in the water" after a Palestinian fishing
vessel "deviated from the designated fishing zone."She said that the boat "ignored the warnings," at which point Israeli forces fired at the boat's engine.She said that the fishermen and boat were taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod for questioning, before they were released.It was not clear whether the incident was related to the injury reported in Gaza.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
May alone, there were a total of 51 incidents of shootings, incursions
into the coastal enclave, and arrests, according to the Palestinian
Center for Human Rights.This included 41 shootings, which left nine injured, including one minor.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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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12844325589171795.post-14018521250677589512015-06-12T23:15:00.000-07:002015-06-16T23:16:44.408-07:00Israeli forces open fire at Palestinian fishing boats<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=765927">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli naval forces opened fire at Palestinian fishing
boats off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, forcing
fishermen to flee the area in fear for their lives, a local union said.The
union also reported that Israeli forces confiscated eight fishing nets
late Thursday. The report comes as several Palestinian fishermen have
been detained this month, and three have been shot dead by Israeli
forces since September.Risk of death or detention by
Israeli forces is compounded by ongoing harassment and interference with
their work from Israeli naval forces who frequently confiscate boats
and fishing materials, according to documentation by the Al Mezan Center
for Human Rights.An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return calls seeking comment on Friday's incident.In
a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas last summer, Israel
agreed to expand the fishing zone off Gaza's coast, allowing fishermen
to sail as far as six nautical miles from shore and to continue to
expand the area gradually, however fishermen are routinely stopped
within the zone.Near-daily confrontation with Israeli
naval forces come as many Gazan residents are food insecure, and over 90
percent of Palestinians working in the fishing industry live below the
poverty line in Gaza, the Secretary-general of the Union of Fishermen
told Ma'an.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0