Tag: Fishermen
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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…
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Unarmed Fisherman killed by Egyptian Forces in Gaza
November 8th, 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza team | Gaza Strip, occupied Palestine Thursday evening November the 5th, Egyptian Forces opened fired on 18-year old Faris Meqdad and his younger brother while fishing in Palestinian waters. The brothers were in a small fishing vessel within the 3 nautical mile limit of the Gazan coast when…
