Missile on Gaza coast kills 3 Palestinian anglers
Head of Gaza’s fishermen union says three men died after their boat was hit by a ‘missile’ off Khan Younis.
Three Palestinian fishermen were killed Sunday after a blast ripped through their boat off the Gaza shore, officials said.
“The three men were martyred when a missile fell on their boat in the Mediterranean Sea off the shores of the southern Gaza Strip,” Nizar Ayyash, the head of the Palestinian Union of Fishermen, said.
Ayyash said the source of the missile remains unknown.
Palestinian media reports blamed Israeli navy fire, but the Israeli military claimed it was not involved in this incident.
The Hamas-run interior ministry in Gaza said it opened an investigation.
WAFA news agency reported that the Israeli navy had earlier on Sunday opened fire at Palestinian fishermen sailing off Gaza city, forcing the boat to return to shore.
Israel has maintained a blockade on the Gaza Strip since 2007. It imposes tight restrictions on the work of fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Sea, citing security reasons.
Gaza has approximately 3,000 fishermen, of whom only 800 work on some 700 boats. Some 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza make a living directly or indirectly from fishing, according to official Palestinian statistics.
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