Category: Gaza
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The Gaza-blockade is causing an end to Gaza’s fresh water resources
7th August 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza-team | occupied Palestine As every year during the summer, the water shortage in the Gaza Strip is accentuated. At the same time, the energy shortage caused by the blockade prevents engines and water pumps from pushing it from wells and tanks to houses and farming fields. The…
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Israeli forces stole 21 boats and sank two more just in the last 3 months
5th July 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza team | Gaza, occupied Palestine Just in the last 3 months Gaza’s fishermen had 21 boats stolen and 2 sunken by the Israeli occupation forces. Each small boat sustains at least 20 people on average and each one of the big ones at least 100 people. That…
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Testimony of one of the latest attacks against Gaza’s fishermen
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…
