Israeli navy arrests four Palestinian fishermen
Email10/07/2012 14:54 GMT
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Oct 7, 2012 (AFP) - The Israeli navy arrested four Palestinian fishermen on Sunday in the Mediterranean off the Gaza Strip, the territory's ruling Islamist movement Hamas said.
"This morning, four fishermen -- Najid Bakar and his sons Omran, Fahdi and Mohammad -- were arrested by the Israeli navy while fishing west of Gaza City," a source at the Hamas interior ministry said.
An Israeli military spokesman told AFP that a naval vessel had "fired warning shots" and "four Palestinians were subsequently arrested for questioning since they were in an area closed to fishing."
Israel has imposed a naval blockade around the Gaza Strip and permits a fishing zone of three nautical miles (about 5.5 kilometres) for the Palestinians.
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