(MENAFN- QNA) A Palestinian fishing boat drowned after Israeli navy ships fired rounds of live ammunition at it in Palestinian waters, west of Gaza city. The soldiers also kidnapped four fishermen.
The International Middle East Media Centre (IMEMC) reported that the navy first fired live rounds at the boat, then used loud speakers ordering the four fishermen on board to jump in the cold water, and swim towards them.
The four were then cuffed and blindfolded, before they were taken to an unknown destination.
The boat belongs to members of the al-Habeel family, for whom fishing is their only source of livelihood.
The attack is one of hundreds of similar assaults and violations carried out by the Israeli army against the Palestinians in the besieged and impoverished coastal region.
The Israeli navy now targets Palestinian fishing boats almost on daily basis, in clear breach of the Egyptian-brokered truce agreement reached on August 26 of last year.
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