Gaza Fishermen

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESBy agreement with the state of Israel, the fishermen of Gaza are supposed to be allowed to cast their nets and lines up to 20 nautical miles from...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A high-ranking delegation of parliamentarians from Europe has arrived in the Gaza Strip for a short visit. The aim is to assess the effects of the blockade...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Gaza's fishermen have staged a sit-in demanding that the ban and naval blockade imposed on the sector be lifted. They also demanded international protection and an increase...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Minister of Agriculture in the Gaza Strip, Dr Mohammad Ramadan al-Agha, has announced government plans to supply 50 fishermen with fishing boats free of charge. Forty...

The Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs and Chairman of the Commission on Presidential Aid, Mahmoud Habash, announced a Qatari donation of ten million dollars to support the fishing...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian government in Gaza has given the enclave's fishermen new equipment which has been donated by the Qatar Charity. The new net-pulling motors and other essential...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Crab fishing on the coast of the Gaza Strip flourishes at this time of year as the crustaceans proliferate and their huge numbers attract the territory's otherwise...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Israeli naval vessels have again attacked Gaza fishermen going about their lawful business at sea; no causalities have been reported in the latest incident. A statement from...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES In a new and potentially life-threatening attempt to impose a unilateral limit for Gaza's fishermen, Israel has placed a series of buoys off the coast of Gaza....

A former head of Mossad said on Tuesday that the recent truce with Hamas does not mean the end of fighting; the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported. Efraim Halevy,...

Israeli naval vessels opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the northern Gaza coast early on Thursday. Witnesses said that the fishermen did not exceed the six-mile limit imposed...

Israeli soldiers have committed 26 assaults against Palestinian civilians in Gaza and 22 against fishermen offshore since the "ceasefire" agreed between Israel and Hamas which was supposed to bring...

At dawn on Wednesday, Israeli gunships fired live ammunition at Palestinian fishermen fishing along the Gaza shores, witnesses have said. Witnesses reported seeing thick fire in the sky in...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES An Israeli human rights organisation has criticised its government's reduction of the fishing limit for Gaza's fishermen from six to three nautical miles. "This constitutes collective punishment...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinian fishermen have taken part in a nautical protest against the restrictions placed on them by Israel. Hundreds of fishermen and activists took part in the demonstration...