Israeli gunboats open fire at Palestinian fishing boats

[ 15/09/2013 - 10:08 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza city and Sudaniya area, north of Gaza Strip, on Sunday morning. A PIC reporter said that no casualties or damages were reported in the heavy shooting that targeted fishermen and their boats. Israeli navy boats routinely fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coasts of the besieged enclave, detain fishermen and confiscate their fishing tools and boats. Fishermen try to work within the six nautical miles radius specified to them by the Israeli navy but are almost always targeted by the navy gunboats.