Israel fires at Gaza boats, kills Palestinian fisherman: hospital officials

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Israel fires at Gaza boats, kills Palestinian fisherman: hospital officials

GAZA Sat Mar 7, 2015 8:08am EST

(Reuters) - The Israeli navy opened fire on boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing one Palestinian fisherman, Gaza hospital officials said.

Citing security concerns, Israel keeps a naval blockade on Gaza, which is ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement, and has designated a six nautical-mile fishing zone off the enclave's coast.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said four vessels had strayed from the fishing zone and that the Israeli army opened fire after the boats did not heed calls to halt.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/07/us-israel-palestinians-idUSKBN0M30HP20150307

[Jefferson23]

1. Gaza fisherman dies of wounds sustained in Israeli gunfire

Tawfiq Abu Reyala, 34, succumbed to wounds he sustained after the Israeli navy fired shots off the Gaza coast



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[Fred Sanders]

2. Mowing the grass....and now watering the grass....the IDF is a criminal death organization.

[android fan]

3. Did you read the part that the boats strayed off their 6 mile limit?

Even with warnings, Israel has no choice but to defend.

Sorry for the Palestinians, but rules are rules, and they are serious.

[guillaumeb]

4. rules are rules?

true. Prisoners in the open air prison that is Gaza are subject to their Israeli jailers. Nothing about defense here, just naked oppression and war crimes while the west looks the other way.

[android fan]

5. Considering that in 2005, Israel gave control of Gaza to PA,

and literally taken over by Hamas, and PA are at adds with Hamas....

It's not surprising that Israel would want to hold up the legal blockade.

[guillaumeb]

10. can one speak of giving control

when the Israelis control access to water, electricity, all road access and control sea access as well? When the Israelis shell, bomb and otherwise destroy infrastructure as well?

If I locked you in a cage and said you are now the master of the cage what is the reality of the situation?

[azurnoir]

6. who said the fisherman were outside the 6 mile limit?

Israeli naval boats routinely open fire on Palestinian fishermen sailing within the six-nautical-miles zone and farmlands along the border, flagrantly violating the ceasefire deal.

Israel and the Palestinian factions inked a ceasefire deal on August 26, ending the latest deadly Israeli onslaught on Gaza that claimed the lives of over 2,200 people, overwhelmingly civilians.

The ceasefire deal stipulated that Israel would immediately ease the blockade imposed on the strip and expand the fishing zone off Gaza's coast, allowing fishermen to sail as far as six nautical miles from shore, and would continue to expand the area gradually.

Israel has however failed to do so, repeatedly violating the ceasefire deal through opening fire on Palestinian fishermen within the fishing zone and reducing their intake.

http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=28018

[Fred Sanders]

7. Would not want the Gaza children not killed yet to grow up strong - fresh seafood must be restricted

How else to keep the Gaza Prison under control during the pauses between killing and enslaving them all?

[Takashi Zara]

9. old school fans of South Park may recall the line "it's coming right for us!!"

EOM

[Fred Sanders]

8. Defending against fresh fish? Dangerous stuff, fresh fish....