Israeli Navy Detains 8 Fishermen off Gaza

Israeli navy on Sunday detained eight Palestinian fishermen while they were sailing offshore Gaza, according to local sources.

WAFA correspondent said that several Israeli naval boats attacked with gunfire a number of fishing boats while sailing offshore the coast of Gaza, before they detained eight fishermen and stole four fishing boats.

The eight were identified as Rasem Zayed, Mohammad Zayed, Saqer Zayed, Ayman Zayed, As’ad Sultan, Khaled Sultan, Mohammad Sultan, and Ayman Sultan.

The eight fishermen and the four boats were taken to nearby Asdod seaport in southern Israel.

Israeli navy targets Gaza fishermen almost on a daily basis, in a blatant breach of a ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and armed Palestinian groups in august 2014, following 51 days of bloody aggression on the Gaza Strip, which claimed the lives of over 2.200 Palestinians, mostly civilians.

According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), all Israeli attacks on Palestinian fishermen have taken place within the distance of six nautical miles, which it said “proves that Israeli forces' policies aim to tighten restrictions on the Gaza Strip's fishermen and their livelihoods.”

Source: WAFA