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  • Israeli navy escalates attacks against Gaza’s fishermen

    Wednesday 22nd October, 2008 – off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Three international human rights observers (HRO’s) accompanied three Palestinian fishing vessels from the port of Gaza City, as they trawled offshore in Palestinian territorial waters. At about 08:30 (approximately 8 nautical miles from the coast) a Palestinian fishing boat with an international HRO…

  • Video of latest Israeli navy attack on Gazan fishermen

    Gazan territorial waters, 18th October 2008 At approximately 12:30, a Palestinian fishing vessel from the port in Gaza City, was trawling 6km off the coast of Deir Al Balah. An Israeli Dvora class gunboat (no. 831) approached the fishing boat, began circling it and opened fire. The incident lasted several minutes and was witnessed and…

  • Israeli navy again attack Gazan fishermen

    On the 17th October, Three Human Rights Observers (HROs) accompanied a fleet of four Palestinian fishing boats, as they left the port in Gaza in the morning at 07:00. By 08:15 the fishing boats were proceeding in a southerly direction, 8 nautical miles from the Gazan coast. At this point, an Israeli naval gunboat approached…