Tag: Naval Blockade

  • PCHR: 2 more fishermen abducted by the Israeli Navy

    ISM Gaza | Fishing Under Fire 16 June 2009 At approximately 06:00, IOF gunboats opened fire at a fishing boat in al-Waha area in the northern Gaza Strip. They then moved towards the boat and arrested two fishers: Hadi Sobhi Sa’dallah, 19; and his brother Ashraf, 26. They took the two fisherso Ashdod Harbor in…

  • Gaza fishermen petition High Court

    Aviad Glickman | YNet News 16 June 2009 Four Palestinians from Gaza petitioned the High Court of Justice Tuesday in an effort to get back their confiscated fishing boat, seized by the IDF last month. The fishermen claim that their livelihood had been gravely undermined by Israel’s Defense Ministry and demand compensation in addition to…

  • Israeli navy shoots at Gazan fishermen, no injuries

    Ramattan 12 June 2009 Israeli warships shot at Palestinian fishermen in the northern coast of the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian security sources said. Sources reported that the Israeli navy opened heavy fire against a number of Gazan fishermen and their boats near Al-Sudaniya neighborhood north of Gaza, no injuries or damages were reported. The…