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| Israeli Gunfire Wounds Gaza Fisherman |
| 2015-01-22 |
| [AnNahar] Israel's navy shot up fishing boats off the coast of the Gazoo Strip on Wednesday, wounding two Paleostinian fishermen, the Gazoo health ministry said. The men, said to be in a moderate condition in hospital, were aboard two boats sailing off the strip's northern coast when an Israeli patrol boat fired at them early in the morning, ministry front man Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP. The navy "identified several vessels deviating from the designated fishing zone in the northern Gazoo Strip," an Israeli military spokeswoman told AFP. "Following calls on the suspects to halt, they fired warning shots in the air. The suspects continued to advance and the (navy) fired at one of the vessels. The suspects were identified returning to shore," she said. Under the terms of Israel's eight-year blockade of the Paleostinian territory, Gazoo's fishermen have the right to trawl the waters up to six nautical miles off the coast. But fishermen have said the Israeli navy opens fire before they reach that limit. Around 4,000 fishermen work in Gazoo, but more than half live below the poverty line. |
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