The occupation committed more than 291 violations against fishermen in Gaza Strip since the beginning of this year

Al-Anbat - Hussam Alajarmah

Al Mezan Center for Human Rights denounced the continued systematic violations by the Israeli occupation forces against Palestinian fishermen, and the arrest, on Tuesday, of four fishermen from the northern Gaza Sea.

In a press release issued on Tuesday, Al Mezan indicated that, since the beginning of this year, the occupation forces have committed 291 violations against fishermen at sea, during which they arrested 45 fishermen, including 7 children, injured 16 fishermen, including 3 children, and confiscated 14 fishing boats.

He pointed out that the occupation forces continue to ban the entry of equipment necessary for the continuation of the fishing profession in the Gaza Strip within the framework of the strict siege imposed on the Strip.

PCHR demanded that the occupation forces reveal the fate of the four fishermen and release them immediately, stressing that the continuation of Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen, such as the repeated shooting and the infliction of dead and wounded among their ranks, the continuation of arbitrary arrests and the accompanying deliberate insult and humiliation of detainees, and the seizure and sabotage of fishermen’s equipment and property, come In the context of collective sanctions and its systematic policy to destroy the fishing sector as part of its general policy to destroy the fundamentals of the Palestinian economy in the Gaza Strip.

The Center appealed to the international community, especially the high-profile signatories to the Fourth Geneva Convention, to do their duty and work to lift the land and sea blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.