EMOHR slams Israel for systematic targeting of Gaza fishing sector

[ PIC 27/05/2012 - 01:14 PM ] GENEVA, (PIC)– The Euro-Mediterranean Observer for Human Rights (EMOHR) said Israel systematically and deliberately targets the fishing sector in the Gaza Strip. In a report on Sunday, the observatory warned that the systematic Israeli targeting of the fishing sector in the besieged Gaza Strip led to the depletion [...]

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Israeli forces detain Gaza fishermen

Maan News Agency | April 29, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel’s navy detained a group of fishermen off the coast of Gaza on Sunday morning, the army said. Local official Mahfouth al-Kabareeti told Ma’an that Israeli naval forces detained eight men. An Israeli army spokeswoman said that navy forces fired at the engine of [...]

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Israeli gunboats fire at Palestinian fishing boats, destroy one – Video by @rosa_schiano

Apr 14, 2012 Video by rosaingaza Today 14 April 2012 some Palestinian fishermen were attacked by the Israeli navy in Gaza waters inside the 3 mile limit. The Israeli navy shot at the motor and destroyed it. This is the second time in two days. Yesterday the Israeli navy attacked other fishermen destroying the motor [...]

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Israel opens fire at fishing boat off Gaza coast

Maan News Agency | April 13, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Friday opened fire at a Palestinian fishing boat off the coast of the northwestern Gaza Strip. Witnesses said the gunfire caused the boat to sink, with no injuries reported. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the vessel “deviated from the designated fishing [...]

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Israely navy shooting at fishing boat – Gaza 5 April 2012 – Video by @rosa_schiano

Video by rosaingaza on Apr 6, 2012 On April 5, 2012, me and Derek sailed again on a trawler with the fishermen during the night. We were at about 100/150 meters away from the 3 miles limit. The Israeli nave came quickly and started creating waves and shooting. We had to came back at about [...]

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Israeli gunboats fire (again) at Palestinian fishing boats

[ PIC 21/03/2012 - 03:46 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza city on Wednesday morning, local sources said. They told Quds Press that the gunboats at sea fired at the fishing boats which were off the Shati refugee camp shore. The sources [...]

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Gaza fisherman drowns off coast

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 22 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Civil defense in the Gaza Strip reported Wednesday that a Palestinian fisherman drowned while working off the coast. Ghanem Abu Jarad, 62, from Khan Younis was rescued by other colleagues but he died of his injuries, civil defense reported.

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Israel’s navy arrests four Palestinian fishermen of which 1 child

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | Pictures Aug | Oct | Dec 2011| Jan | Feb 2012 [ PIC 13/02/2012 - 11:31 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The fisheries department at the ministry of agriculture said on Monday that the Israeli navy boats intercepted Palestinian fishing boats and arrested four fishermen off the coast of Gaza. [...]

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Action Alert ▶ A call from Gaza fishermen

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec2011  15 January 2012 | Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine |ISM Photo: Rosa Schiano, Civil Peace Service Gaza (CPSGAZA) Do not forget Palestinian fishermen who are prevented from fishing beyond the unilaterally imposed Israeli limit of 3 nautical miles and whose life [...]

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Surviving in Gaza: Fishing as a feat

Get short URL email story to a friend print version Published: 15 January, 2012, 19:08 Palestinian fishermen set off to sea from the port in Gaza City (AFP Photo / Mohammed Abed) TAGS: RT Exclusive, Middle East, Politics, Human rights, Nadezhda Kevorkova, Israel   In Gaza people fish under the guns of Israeli naval ships [...]

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Israel releases 4 Gaza fishermen ‘detained at sea’

Related: All Attacks on Palestinians – Timeline – Category Maan News Agency | Jan 8, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces released four Palestinian fishermen on Sunday morning, after they were detained overnight off the coast of the Gaza Strip, the head of the fishing community said. The men were seized along with their [...]

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Israeli gunboats ‘fire at fishermen’

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec2011 Maan News Agency | Jan 4, 2012   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli gunboats on Wednesday opened fire at fishermen off the coast of southern Gaza, witnesses said. No injuries were reported. Meanwhile, Israeli tanks entered the Gaza Strip through [...]

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Israeli navy detains Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec 2011 [ 18/12/2011 - 03:43 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli navy gunboats intercepted a Palestinian fishing boat off the northwestern coast of Gaza city on Sunday and arrested two fishermen. Sources in the fishermen syndicates told the PIC reporter that [...]

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Israeli navy fire injures Gaza fisherman

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec 2011 Maan News Agency | Dec 16, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli naval ships opened fire on a Palestinian fishing boat off the Gaza coast on Friday, injuring a 45-year-old fisherman, medics said. Gaza medical official Adham Abu Salmiya [...]

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Israeli navy shoots Palestinian fisherman who sued Israel, kidnaps at least nine others in Gazan waters

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. by Radhika Sainath | 30 Nov 2011 | Notes from Behind the Blockade Nahad Rajab Mohamed Al-Hesy in his home The Israeli navy violently seized two Palestinian trawlers in Gazan waters yesterday, shooting one fisherman in the arm, and ultimately forcing at least ten men [...]

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Israeli naval forces kidnap eight fishermen off coast Gaza

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline Maan News Agency | Nov 29, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained eight fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip and took them to an unknown destination, a Palestinian union official said Tuesday. Mahfouz al-Kabarety, head of the Palestinian society [...]

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Israeli Forces Kidnap Palestinian Fishermen in Gaza

GAZA, November 28, 2011 (WAFA) Israeli forces kidnapped Monday two Palestinian fishermen, who were on board of a small boat in the Gaza Sea, in front of Al-Shate’ refugee camp, according to local sources. Local sources said that an Israeli gunboat intercepted the Palestinian boat while Israeli forces kidnapped, Mohammad Abu Klub, 20, and Mahmoud [...]

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A day at sea with Gaza’s fishermen – in pictures

Related:  The Brutal Blockade of Gaza | Fishermen – topic Pictures by Lydia de Leeuw & Rosa Shiano Lydia de Leeuw | A Second Glance | Posted on December 2, 2011 It’s 6.30am when Ahmad’s fishing boat leaves the Gaza City fishing port. Together with his three nephews and a friend, he will stay at [...]

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Outrunning Israeli navy within the by IOA imposed 3NM blockade! – video

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline WelshinGaza – Nov 24, 2011     UN experts: Gaza blockade illegal | Collective punishment in “flagrant contravention of int’l human rights and humanitarian law The Brutal blockade of Gaza The Bertini Agreement – Aug 2002 With Nautical Map >In Gaza: Fishing Under [...]

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Israeli navy kidnaps two Palestinian children and uncle fishing in Gazan waters

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline 12 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza | by Radhika S. Mohamed and Abdul Qader Baker – Click here for more images Seventeen-year-old Abdul Qader Baker still has no idea why the Israeli navy surrounded his small fishing boat at 4 a.m. [...]

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Israeli occupation gunboats fire at fishing boats opposite Gaza

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline [ 11/11/2011 - 11:10 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation gunboats on Friday morning opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats opposite Gaza City coast, no casualties were reported. Palestinian Naval Police in the Gaza Strip said that Israeli occupation gunboats positioned opposite Gaza [...]

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Israeli Navy Kidnaps Three Fishermen

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline Thursday November 10, 2011 13:48 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Israeli Navy arrested, on Thursday at dawn, three Palestinian fishermen, from the same family, west of the Fishermen Port, in Gaza. Israeli Navi Attacking Fishermen in Gaza – File, Still [...]

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PCHR: Israeli Blockade Limits Gazan Fishing Potential by 85%

Related: Fishermen of Gaza & Israeli attacks PNN – Palestine News Network 29.10.11 – 00:54 PNN -The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) released a report on Friday saying Israel forbids Gazan fishermen from accessing more than 85% of their potential catch, a result of the Israeli blockade that limits fishing boats to an area [...]

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Airstrikes in Gaza Destroy Shipping Container, Two Fishermen Arrested

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline PNN – Palestine News Network  27.10.11 – 22:04 PNN -Israeli military aircraft attacked Gaza in the early hours of Thursday morning, targeting a number of locations including a shipping container belonging to a fisherman in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. No [...]

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Off the coast of Gaza

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures Radhika Sainath on October 24, 2011 | Mondoweiss   (All photos: Radhika Sainath) I saw an Israeli naval warship for the first time yesterday, a concrete monster the color of ash, guzzling up the Mediterranean and spurting it out in its wake. I rose early to go out with the [...]

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Israeli Navy Fires At Fishing Boats In Gaza

Featured: Gaza Under Attack – in pictures Saturday October 08, 2011 07:05 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies On Friday evening, Israeli Navy boats opened fire at a number of Palestinian fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters near Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; no injuries were reported. A Fishing [...]

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International activists in Gaza defiant despite repeated attacks

26 September 2011 | Islam Online, Hama Waqum | International Solidarity Movement The Civil Peace Service (CPS) Gaza human rights observation boat has returned to the waters off the Gazan coast after being grounded for two months due to Israeli naval attacks. CPS Gaza aims to monitor human rights violations committed off the coast of Gaza, [...]

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Gaza activists to relaunch boat monitoring

Related: All Israeli Attacks on Gaza Fishermen Maan News Agency | Sept 23, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — International and Palestinian activists in Gaza said Friday they planned to relaunch accompaniment of Gaza fishermen from Saturday. A press statement from the Civil Peace Service in Gaza said the mission will be the first since July 20, [...]

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Israel continues plighting Gaza fishermen – video

PressTV – Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:33AM GMT Israel’s Navy continues patrolling the Gaza Strip’s coastline around the clock to enforce Tel Aviv’s all-out blockade on the coastal sliver and a related 3-mile (4.82-kilometer) fishing limit, Press TV has reported. The strict surveillance, which includes recurrent use of violence, has left hundreds of Gazan fishermen [...]

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Protests in Northern Gaza

15 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Strip The Palmer Report, recently released by the United Nations, was a moral travesty. It asserted that the naval blockade of Gaza was somehow separate from the land siege of Gaza.  The Palmer Report was an attempt to break up the oppression of Gaza into bite size [...]

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