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Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 08:29 AM Sep 2014

Israeli navy forces open fire at Gaza fishermen

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli navy forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen in Gaza early Friday, witnesses said, in the third incident off Gaza's coast this week.

Naval boats opened fire at fishermen off the coast of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, with no injuries reported.

Fishermen fled the area immediately.

An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an that "several vessels deviated from the designated fishing zone" and turned back after Israeli forces fired warning shots.

On Wednesday, Israeli forces opened fire at a fishing boat which had allegedly gone beyond an Israeli-restricted fishing zone.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=727016

Since the Truce into Force, 25 Shooting Incidents at Fishing Boats, Detention of 6 Fishermen
and Confiscation of 3 Boats Reported


The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is following up with concern the Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen while fishing in the Gaza Strip waters within the allowed fishing area. The most recent violation took place today morning, during to which 4 fishermen were arrested and 2 fishing boats and nets were confiscated.

remainder: http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10637:since-the-truce-into-force-25-shooting-incidents-at-fishing-boats-detention-of-6-fishermen-and-confiscation-of-3-boats-reported&catid=145:in-focus
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fraud Mao Shung Sep 2014 #1
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Gaza fishermen say Israel not honoring cease-fire terms Jefferson23 Sep 2014 #4
 

Mao Shung

(55 posts)
1. fraud
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 08:53 AM
Sep 2014

This article is fraud.

The headline claims "Israeli navy forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen."

But then the article says they only fired a warning shot.

A "warning shot" is entirely different from opening fire at a fisherman. Moreover, firing a warning shot at a ship that went to unlawful territory is entirely legal under internation law and not an excessive use of force.

Man, if you only knew what they do to us in China when a boat goes into illegal waters.

If this is the worst you have to complain about, if you don't even have an injury or contact to report, it sounds like the Israelis are treating you pretty good.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
4. Gaza fishermen say Israel not honoring cease-fire terms
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 09:05 AM
Sep 2014
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The situation along Gaza's beach isn't rosy, contrary to the nighttime scene on the horizon, which since the end of the war sparkles with the lights from fishermen’s boats. The markets are now packed with all kinds of seafood. Everyone thinks, mistakenly, that this is because Gaza fishermen have been allowed to enter new areas after the Aug. 26 cease-fire agreement, which is supposed to allow them to operate within six nautical miles and eventually 12. This is not yet the case, however.

This correspondent boarded a small boat before sunrise Sept. 7 and headed out to sea off the Gaza coast. The speeding craft alternately rose and crashed into the waves with a force that made them seem as if they were made of cement.

The first fishing boat encountered belonged to Mohammad Abu Amra. Three other fishermen were also aboard, all wearing long red waterproof jackets. Abu Amra told Al-Monitor, “We sailed at sunset yesterday, threw out our net and have just pulled it in. There aren’t many fish, unlike the first days after the war.”

As the sun rose, its rays spread across the surface of the sea. The worried and frowning faces of the fishermen remained unchanged. We moved on to another fishing boat, leaving Abu Amra busy with the net in which a few small fish were caught.

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/fishing-gaza-sea-israel-occupation.html#ixzz3D6eLiqUf


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