12th June 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza-team | Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine Last Wednesday Rajab Khaled Abu Riela, 30 years old, his brother and two cousins left Gaza’s port at 12 pm. They stayed out fishing until 1:30 am. “When we started our way back to the port one Israeli warship approached, the soldiers … Continue reading Testimony of one of the latest attacks against Gaza’s fishermen
1st March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza-team | Deir El Balah, Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine One month ago Mohamed Said El Saidi, 23 years old, and his brother went back to the sea around 5am in order to pick up the nets that they had previously left 2 miles offshore in Deir El Balah. When … Continue reading Israeli navy attacks and seriously wounds Gaza fishermen
11th August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Two days ago, on Sunday’s night at 3am, the occupation forces kidnapped fishermen Mohamed Ismail Sharafi, 34 years old, and Mohamed Saidi, 22 years old, in Gaza City waters. According to the testimony of the other fishermen that where working with them … Continue reading 1312 reported attacks against fishermen since the end of 2014 massacre on Gaza
27th July 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Ahmed: “Once I recover I’ll go fishing again…” Ismail (Ahmed’s father): “No, you won’t! That’s enough…” As Ismail tells ISM, “the occupation establishes the fishing limits according to the season. When there’s fish within 3-6 miles they don’t let us go further … Continue reading Gaza’s fishermen under constant attack by Israeli warships
21st July 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Team | Gaza, Occupied Palestine At 3:00 AM on the 21st of July 2015, Israeli forces once again opened fire on fishermen in the Gaza city area. 20 year old Ahmed Ismail al-Sharafi was shot in the right side of the back. The bullet exited very close … Continue reading Israeli forces continue abuses on Gaza fishermen, open fire at dawn
