The "Pressure and Advocacy Department" of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) monitored 15 violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces freely against fishermen in the Gaza Strip last November.
According to the report, two fishermen were arrested: Mohammed Shehdeh Zo´rob and Abdel Rahman Abdel-Hadi al-Qen, and their boat was confiscated. He added: "Two boats were completely destroyed as a result of the Israeli aircraft bombed boats anchored directly in the Sheikh Ajlin during the aggression on Gaza in the middle of last month." She pointed out: "It was also documented the sinking of the nets of one of the boats and the destruction of 10 searchlights and sabotage device detector fish to another boat." The report said that the Israeli occupation forces intensified last November shooting operations towards fishermen and their boats in addition to the launch of rocket-propelled grenades and sound bombs and pumping water. He pointed out that the occupation authorities manipulated marine fishing areas between the closure and expansion and reduce 5 times within 3 days. The report stated that the Department of Pressure and Advocacy follows up all attacks by the Israeli occupation forces and exposes the ongoing crimes perpetrated against Gaza fishermen permanently and continuously from the pursuit and pursuit and humiliation of fishermen at sea during the exercise of their work.
