[[{"content_id":"322376","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"114","user_id":"30","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Israeli forces injure dozens of Palestinians in Gaza naval march","content_number":"","content_date_event":"2018-12-25 08:40:24","content_summary":"Israeli forces have wounded at least 27 Palestinian protesters who were staging a rally along the northern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip against the nearly 12-year-long Israeli-imposed blockade on the impoverished sliver.","content_summary_fill":"1","content_body":"As Reported by Qods News Agency (Qodsna) According to the Palestinian Ma'an News Agency on Monday, at least 14 protesters were struck with live bullets, while 13 others suffered wounds after being hit with rubber-coated steel.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIsraeli navy forces fired live rounds and teargas canisters at both marchers and boats in an attempt to disperse them.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nDozens of demonstrators suffered teargas inhalation as well, and were transferred to hospitals for treatment. \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe demonstration on Monday was the 21st weekly naval march setting off from the Gaza seaport, with the participation of\r\n\r\ndozens of Gazans’ fishing boats, against the crippling blockade of the sliver.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe fishing zone is supposed to extend to 20 nautical miles under the Oslo Accords. The Oslo Accords were signed between the Israeli regime and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) during the early-mid 1990s to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIsrael imposed a limit of three nautical miles on fishing in the waters off the Gaza shore until August 2014, when Palestinian fishermen were allowed to go out six miles under a ceasefire agreement reached between the Israelis and Palestinians following a deadly 50-day Israeli war in the same month.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIn May 2017, Israeli authorities increased the fishing area for Gazan fishermen to nine nautical miles.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOver the past few years, Israeli forces have carried out more than a hundred attacks on Palestinian boats, arresting dozens of fishermen and confiscating several boats.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli blockade since June 2007. The blockade has caused a decline in the standard of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nTensions have been running high near the fence separating Gaza from the occupied territories ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOn December 21, at least three Palestinians, including a teenage, were shot dead by Israeli fire and over 100 others sustained injuries during anti-occupation protests along the border between the besieged Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied territories.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMore than 240 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces. Over 23,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries. \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), which coincided this year with the US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHuman rights groups have repeatedly slammed the Tel Aviv regime for its shoot-to-kill policy as a large number of the Palestinians killed at the scene of attacks did not pose any serious threat to Israelis.\r\n\r\n\r\n\t ","content_html":"

As Reported by Qods News Agency (Qodsna) According to the Palestinian Ma'an News Agency on Monday, at least 14 protesters were struck with live bullets, while 13 others suffered wounds after being hit with rubber-coated steel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Israeli navy forces fired live rounds and teargas canisters at both marchers and boats in an attempt to disperse them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Dozens of demonstrators suffered teargas inhalation as well, and were transferred to hospitals for treatment. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The demonstration on Monday was the 21st weekly naval march setting off from the Gaza seaport, with the participation of<\/p>\r\n\r\n

dozens of Gazans’ fishing boats, against the crippling blockade of the sliver.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The fishing zone is supposed to extend to 20 nautical miles under the Oslo Accords. The Oslo Accords were signed between the Israeli regime and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) during the early-mid 1990s to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Israel imposed a limit of three nautical miles on fishing in the waters off the Gaza shore until August 2014, when Palestinian fishermen were allowed to go out six miles under a ceasefire agreement reached between the Israelis and Palestinians following a deadly 50-day Israeli war in the same month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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In May 2017, Israeli authorities increased the fishing area for Gazan fishermen to nine nautical miles.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Over the past few years, Israeli forces have carried out more than a hundred attacks on Palestinian boats, arresting dozens of fishermen and confiscating several boats.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli blockade since June 2007. The blockade has caused a decline in the standard of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Tensions have been running high near the fence separating Gaza from the occupied territories ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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On December 21, at least three Palestinians, including a teenage, were shot dead by Israeli fire and over 100 others sustained injuries during anti-occupation protests along the border between the besieged Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied territories.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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More than 240 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces. Over 23,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), which coincided this year with the US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Human rights groups have repeatedly slammed the Tel Aviv regime for its shoot-to-kill policy as a large number of the Palestinians killed at the scene of attacks did not pose any serious threat to Israelis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n