Total fishing catch in tonnes month by month from June 2005 to November 2006 (p13)
Friday, December 29, 2006
Weekly report
Read in OCHA weekly report.
Gaza fishermen are permitted to fish up to 6 nautical miles off coastline.* The 6 nautical miles still fall short of the Bertini Commitment** benchmark of 12 nautical miles.
On 15 December 2006, the vessels of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) fired machine guns for 15 minutes at Palestinian fishing boats west of Gaza
*For information, under the Oslo Accords, Gaza Strip fishermen are entitled to fish 20 nautical miles off the central maritime zone of Gaza.
**The humanitarian commitments given by the Government of Israel to Ms Caroline Bertini, Personal Humanitarian Envoy of the UN Secretary General.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Increased violence and high rate of civilians casualties
This is the title of the latest OCHA situation reports on the Strip of Gaza...
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