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IOF Arrests Six Palestinian Fishermen and Confiscates their Boats

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29 April 2012

  At approximately 9:30 am on Sunday 29 April 2012, Israeli naval vessels patrolling the Gaza sea opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats off the coast northwest of Al Waha resort, which is located northwest of Beit Lahiya in North Gaza district.
  The Palestinian boats were about two nautical miles away from the shore when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire at them.
  IOF ships then surrounded one of the Palestinian boats and ordered six fishermen to take off their clothes and swim to the Israeli vessel, then arrested the six men and confiscated their boat.
  Al Mezan has identified those detained as: Amjad Ismail Al Shrafi, 38; his brothers Belal, 22, Ashraf, 30, and Ahmed, 18; his cousin Yaser, 17; and Sadat Abdel ’Atti.
 A few hours after their detention the IOF released the fishermen but kept their boat under confiscation.
  Five of the men are residents of Ash-Shatee refugee camp.
 Abdel ’Atti is of Egyptian nationality and was released to the Egyptian authorities

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