Israeli gunboats shell Palestinian fishing boats

[ 02/03/2011 - 10:52 AM ]

RAFAH, (PIC)– A Palestinian fishing boat was destroyed on Tuesday when Israeli navy gunboats shelled a group of boats anchored at the Rafah coast, to the south of the Gaza Strip. PIC reporter said that the navy vessels fired a number of shells at the fishing boats directly hitting one of them. He added that fire started in the small boat but no casualties were reported. Israeli gunboats systematically chase Palestinian fishermen and their crude boats on and off the shores of Gaza.

Israeli gunboats shell Palestinian fishing boats.