Agencies-Gaza post
Israeli forces shoot at Palestinian fishermen and farmers in Gaza
Gaza Fishermen and farmers on Sunday got shot by the Israeli navy forcing them to leave their work areas for a safe haven, local sources reported.
It said Israeli navy boats shot at fishermen sailing off the north shores of the Gaza Strip, forcing them to exit the sea and return to the shore.
Israeli forces manning the perimeter fence opened fire at shepherds east of al-Qarara town, who also had to leave the area to evade being hit in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces stationed at a military watchtower east of Gaza City shot gunfire and fired tear gas canisters at farmers working in their lands, forcing them to leave the area. Another Israeli gunfire attack was also reported east of Gaza City.
No one was informed injured in any of the accidents.
Israel does not let landowners and shepherds be in the open fields and lands near the border fence and tries to create a cushion zone at the expense of the Gaza lands.
Fishermen are also not permitted to go more in-depth than six nautical miles into the sea in the south of the Gaza Strip and only three nautical miles in the north. But even then, fishermen are still battered even if they stay within their marked zones.
The Gaza Strip has been under close Israeli sea, land, and air blockade since 2007.
