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Witnesses: Israeli navy fires at Gaza fishing boats

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Ma'an News Agency

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Lun, 18/06/2012 (Toute la journée)

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Witnesses: Israeli navy fires at Gaza fishing boats

Under Israel's maritime blockade, Palestinians are forbidden from
fishing more than three nautical miles from the coast.

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israel's navy fired at Palestinian fishermen off Gaza's coast on Sunday, witnesses said.

No injuries were reported.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said that a fishing boat had deviated from the designated fishing area, and after failing to respond to orders to return, warning shots were fired in the air.

The incident took place in the north west of Gaza, locals said.

Under Israel's maritime blockade, Palestinians are forbidden from fishing more than three nautical miles from the coast.

During the Oslo accords negotiators had agreed on 20 nautical miles of fishing access along Gaza's coastline.

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50 aid groups demand end to Gaza blockade

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Ma'an News Agency

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Sam, 16/06/2012 (Toute la journée)

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50 aid groups demand end to Gaza blockade

A woman in Gaza stands in front of buildings damaged by Israeli airstrikes.(Reuters/file)

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Fifty international charities and UN agencies called Thursday on Israel to lift its years-long blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Marking the fifth anniversary of the siege, the organizations -- among them Amnesty International, Médecins du Monde, Oxfam, and Save the Children -- joined agencies like the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights UNICEF and four other UN agencies in urging Israel to lift the siege "now."

"For over five years in Gaza, more than 1.6 million people have been under blockade in violation of international law. More than half of these people are children. We the undersigned say with one voice: 'end the blockade now,'" the petition said.