Tag: Gaza
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The Sunday Herald: Scottish activist films Israeli navy shooting at Gaza fishermen
Claims of 14 deaths in previous incidents By Billy Briggs To view original article, published by The Sunday Herald on the 16th November, click here A SCOTTISH human rights activist has filmed the Israeli navy firing machine guns at unarmed Palestinian fishing boats in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The…
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ISM Gaza: Israeli navy shoots cables on Palestinian fishing boat
On 15th November, 2008, seven human rights observers accompanied four Palestinian trawling vessels from the port of Gaza City as they fished in Palestinian territorial waters. At approximately 09:00 an Israeli naval gunboat marked ‘833’ approached one of the fishing vessels and proceeded to circle it. A soldier, possibly the commander of the gunboat, began…
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Ynet: UN closes Gaza aid centers, citing lack of food
World body says doesn’t have enough food to distribute because of Israeli siege on Strip Associated Press To view original article, published by Ynet on the 15th November, click here UN aid workers are turning away thousands of Gaza residents meant to pick up food from UN distribution centers because the international organization has run…