Those detained were identified as Raed Abu Odeh, Usama al-Hassi, Jamal al-Hassi, Muhammad al-Hassi, Rami Abo Odeh, Khaled Abo Shar, Adham al-Habil, Salim As-Sadeq, Momen al-Sadeq and Bahjat Abu Odeh.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed detaining a number of fishermen today.
She said that a boat deviated from a designated fishing area” off the Gaza coast, and failed to comply with the navy’s instructions.
Since Israel had imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip, The sea off Gaza has been mostly off limits.Today, more than 3700 fishermen suffer from the Israeli current restrictions which allow them to fish only up to 3 nautical miles off the Gaza coast, in spite of the deal between the UN and Israel in 2002 which allowed for fishing up to 12 miles off the coast and the Oslo Accords of 1993 that gave the Palestinian the right of fishing for up to 20 miles.
The daily Israeli practices against the fishermen like confiscation their fishing tools and forcing them to strip and swim naked have forced many fishermen to give up their profession and try to look for other professions that could provide them and their families with the minimum income.
