Israeli navy kidnapped six Palestinian fishermen and blasted a fishing boat off the Gaza coast afternoon Wednesday in a new breach of the calm agreement reached between Israel and Palestinian resistance factions.
Nizar Ayesh, the chairman of the Palestinian fishermen syndicate in Gaza, said that the Israeli piracy took place in the six nautical miles range agreed upon in the calm agreement.
He said that the navy gunboats controlled a fishing boat and took all five fishermen on board, adding that they were all of one family. He said that the navy then blasted another boat after arresting a fisherman who was on board.
Ayesh said that the fishing boat was steered to Ashdod port while the six fishermen were detained in an army outpost.
The calm agreement brokered by Egypt stipulated that Palestinian fishermen could fish in the range of six nautical miles instead of the previous three nautical miles.
