Attacks on Gaza fishing continue since 2014 massacre

There have been 1312 reported attacks against fishermen since the end of the 2014 major attack on Gaza, as detailed in this report:.


GAZA, Occupied Palestine 11 Aug by ISM, Gaza Team -- Two days ago, on
Sunday’s night at 3am, the occupation forces kidnapped fishermen Mohamed
Ismail Sharafi, 34 years old, and Mohamed Saidi, 22 years old, in Gaza City
waters. According to the testimony of the other fishermen that were working
with them the night of the attack, around 10 boats, one of the two
fishermen was injured by live ammunition before being kidnapped. The
aggression took place at 5 miles off shore and their boat was also taken to
Ashdod. Two weeks ago Ahmed Sharafi, Mohamed’s brother, was shot in his
back with live ammunition while working with his father.
Since the end of the last Zionist massacre against Gaza there have been
1312 reported attacks against the fishermen. Since then, 22 boats have been
stolen; 26 fishermen have been injured; one fisherman, Tawfiq Abu Riela,
has been assassinated; 28 boats have been disabled by bullet fire; 2 big
fishing boats have been sunken by rocket fire, one in Deir El Balah at 300m
from the coast and one in Gaza City at 5 miles; 51 fishermen have been
kidnapped while working and 3 fishermen remain prisoners until now. Those
facts, among other practices of the occupation forces, have caused the
quantity of fish caught to decrease from 1600 tons the year before the
massacre to 1000 tons the year after. At the same time the number of
fishermen who work in the Gaza Strip has decreased from 3000 to 1000 and
the fishermen who keep working have seen how their monthly income decreased
from 2000 ILS to the actual 100 ILS. This last year, just in Beach Camp, 50
children of fishermen have left school in order to work carrying flour
sacks at the doors of UNRWA for 1 ILS each sack. It’s becoming something
common that the fishermen families have to choose between their children
and decide which ones will go to school and which ones will have to work in
order to support the family.
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Israeli naval forces open fire on Gaza fishermen, no injuries reported

 GAZA CITY (Ma‘an) 12 Aug -- Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian
fishermen off the coast of Gaza City early Wednesday, witnesses said. The
fishermen said that they came under fire as they were sailing off the coast
of Sudaniyya in northwestern Gaza City. No injuries were reported, but some
of the boats were hit with gunshots, causing the fishermen to return to shore. http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=766991