GAZA
CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian farmers
tending their fields in central Gaza on Thursday as navy gunboats fired
at Palestinian fishermen off the coast, witnesses said.Israeli
soldiers stationed in watchtowers along the Gaza border opened fire
east of Deir al-Balah on agricultural fields, witnesses said, with no
injuries reported.
Israeli naval forces opened fire at fishermen off the coast of Deir al-Balah, damaging a fishing boat.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said she was looking into the reports.
Palestinian
fishermen face near daily fire from Israeli forces, with Gaza-based
watchdog the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reporting 29 attacks by
Israeli forces on Palestinian fisherman between Sept. 1, 2014 and March
15, 2015.Due to high frequency of such attacks, however, live fire at fishing boats often goes unreported.
