23 Feb. 07: IDF prohibits fishing off Gaza coast and abuse fishermen

In September 2005, Israel completed its Gaza disengagement plan and declared the end of the military government in the Gaza Strip. Yet Israel continues to forbid fishers to sail off the coast of Gaza and occasionally shoots at Palestinian fishers.

Lacking other source of employment, some fishers take the risk and go to sea. In a press release date 23 february 2007, B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, tells the story of some of them including of 'Adnan al-Badwil who had his fishing boat gunfired by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF).