Thursday, April 21, 2011

PCHR weekly report 14/4 - 20/4/2011: attack off al Waha resort

extracts from PCHR weekly report 14/4 - 20/4/2011:

IOF continued to target Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip - IOF opened fire at Palestinian farmers and fishermen in the northern Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported.

Saturday, 16 April 2011


At approximately 20:00, IOF gunboats positioned off al-Waha resort in the west of Beit Lahia, northern the Gaza Strip, fired shells and opened intensive fire at Palestinian fishing boats. They also fired flash bombs. Palestinian fishermen escaped as a result in fear of being wounded or arrested. No casualties or damages in Palestinian fishing boats were reported.