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, ...
Read More »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, ...
Read More »ISM Gaza: ‘Please let farmers in your communities know what is happening to the Palestinian farmers here in the Gaza Strip’
On Tuesday morning, 14th October at around 09:30, two of the Human Rights Observers (HROs), who had spent the night at a house close to the Green Line in the ‘buffer zone’ in Al-Faraheen, put on florescent yellow vests with ...
Read More »ISM Gaza: ‘Sailors the world over face danger every time they put to sea. However, their risk stems from the elements, not from state-sponsored terrorism’
Personal account of accompanying Gazan fishermen by ISM activist On Sunday 12th October, I joined a group of international human rights observers dispersed amongst a small fleet of seven Palestinian trawlers from the port of Gaza City. We left port ...
Read More »ISM Gaza: Israeli navy again open fire on Gazan fishermen and internationals
This Sunday the 12th October 2008, the Israeli navy continued its violent harassment of Palestinian fishermen. A fleet of seven fishing boats from the port in Gaza City initially spotted two Israeli gunboats operating in Palestinian territorial waters at 08:45. ...
Read More »PCHR Narratives Under Siege: Gaza factories continue enforced downsize as imports remain banned
In order to highlight the impact of the siege and closure of the Gaza Strip on the civilian population, PCHR is publishing a series of “Narratives Under Siege.” These short articles are based on personal testimonies and experiences of life ...
Read More »Harvesting olives on the Green Line in Gaza
Film by Fida Qishta. Language editing by ISM Gaza On the 9th October, members of ISM Gaza supported an action organised by a Palestinian youth group called The Local Initiative. Olive farmers were accompanied onto their land, situated extremely close ...
Read More »ISM Gaza join 2008 Olive Harvest Campaign
Many farmers in the Gaza Strip are being denied access to their land by Israeli occupation forces. An arbitrary ‘buffer zone’ is being imposed hundreds of metres deep long the Green Line. Agricultural land has been destroyed in these areas ...
Read More »ISM Gaza: Israel continues to breach ceasefire agreement with attacks on fishermen
On Wednesday 8th October, international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) accompanied Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza. In the morning, while sailing about 7 nautical miles from shore, Israeli gunboats approached the Palestinian fishing boats. After request from Palestinian ...
Read More »ISM Rafah: Israeli navy fire shells at Gazan fishermen
On Sunday October 5th, two international human rights observers accompanied a Gazan fishing boat offshore of Jabalya. Soon an Israeli gunboat approached. The internationals, after a request from the Palestinian captain, made clear that there was an international presence on ...
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