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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israeli navy carried out 415 attacks against Palestinian fishermen in 2022, says rights group</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">QudsN - November 8, 2022<br></div>
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<div><img src="cid:ii_la8idzz00" alt="image.png" width="435" height="290"><br>Fisherman load a horse-drawn cart before delivering their haul to market in Gaza City, May 23, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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<p>Gaza Strip (QNN)- Israeli occupation naval forces have recently
escalated their systematic attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the
Gaza Strip, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights said.</p>
<p>In a <a href="https://mezan.org/en/post/24192" rel="noopener" target="_blank">statement</a>
issued on November 1, Al-Mezan said Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza
Strip are subjected to different types of Israeli violations, including
arbitrary arrests, the seizure and sabotage of fishing boats and
equipment, and the use of live ammunition against them.</p>
<p>In the most recent incident, the Israeli navy arrested four
fishermen, including a child, and confiscated their fishing boat off the
coast of the North Gaza District.</p>
<p>According to Al Mezan’s field investigation, at approximately 2 am on
Tuesday, November 1, the Israeli navy opened fire and surrounded a
fishing boat located six nautical miles off the coast of the North Gaza
District. The boat was carrying four fishermen: Zayed Zaki Al-Troush,
30, Rajab Khalid Abu Ryala, 36, Abdelrahman Tawfiq Abu Ryala, 17, and
Mohammed Jamal Tolba—all residents of the North Gaza District. They were
arbitrarily arrested, and their boat was confiscated by Israeli
occupation forces.</p>
<p>It’s worth noting that this is the second incident in less than a
week: on 26 October, the Israeli navy forces arrested five fishermen,
injured one of them, and confiscated their fishing boat. The five
fishermen were all released the following day. </p>
<p>However, Al Mezan’s documentation shows that since the start of 2022,
the Israeli navy has carried out 415 attacks against Palestinian
fishermen, injuring 20 (including three children), arbitrarily arresting
58 fishers (including eight children), and confiscating 21 fishing
boats.</p>
<p>It must also be noted that Israeli occupation authorities still ban
the entry of necessary fishing materials and equipment to the Strip as
part of their “settler-colonial closure against Gaza,” Al-Mezan added.</p>
<p>Al-Mezan also called for the immediate release of the four fishermen
and the return of the confiscated boat. Al-Mezan said it strongly
condemns Israel’s “continuous unwarranted and illegal practices against
Palestinian fishers, which are part of Israel’s unlawful closure policy
that amounts to a prohibited collective punishment under international
law and represents inhumane acts that constitute the crime of apartheid
under the 1973 Apartheid Convention.”</p>
<p>Al-Mezan also reiterated its calls on the international
community—including the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Geneva
Conventions—to uphold their obligations vis-a-vis “the protected
Palestinian people and pressure Israel to end its closure on the Gaza
Strip and stop its systematic violations against the civilian
population, including fishermen.”</p>
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