Israel reduces Gaza fishing zone by half

"It has been decided to reduce the fishing zone in the Gaza Strip from 12 nautical miles to six nautical miles," the Israeli military branch responsible for civil affairs in the Palestinian territories (COGAT) said.
 

The Zionist regime has referred to the "launching of incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip" as a pretext to reduce the fishing zone in the Gaza Strip.

Earlier Sunday, Israeli firefighters claimed they extinguished brush blazes "in three points in a small area in the Eshkol region", noting that investigations had "determined the cause as being incendiary balloons".

On July 12, Israel announced it was re-expanding the fishing zone off Gaza and allowing additional imports into the Palestinian territory in the light of the "recent security calm".

Prior to the May conflict, the Gaza fishing zone was 15 nautical miles, but Israel reduced it during the warfare.