By Nour Abu Aisha
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli naval forces on Sunday arrested a Palestinian fisherman off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip, according to a local official.
The fisherman was arrested after Israeli forces opened fire on his fishing boat, Nizar Ayyash, head of Gaza’s fishermen union, told Anadolu Agency.
He said the Palestinian boat was taken by Israeli forces to the Port of Ashdod in southern Israel.
There was no comment from the Israeli military on the claim.
According to Palestinian figures, roughly 50,000 inhabitants of Gaza earn their living through fishing.
After Israel's 2014 onslaught against the Hamas-run Gaza Strip (in which more than 2,150 Palestinians were killed), Israel began allowing Palestinian fishermen to ply their trade up to six nautical miles off Gaza’s coast.
In May of last year, the Israeli authorities increased the limit to nine nautical miles.