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| Palestinians say Gaza fisherman shot dead by Egyptian army | |
| 2018-01-14 | |
| [Ynet] Gazoo's Interior Ministry calls on Cairo to investigate the incident, in which 33-year-old Abdullah Zeidan from the Shati refugee camp was shot in the chest by Egyptian forces; Paleostinians claim he did not cross naval border. A fisherman from the Gazoo Strip was rubbed out by the Egyptian army overnight for unclear reasons, Paleostinian officials said Saturday, calling for an immediate investigation into the incident. Medical sources in Gazoo said that Abdullah Zeidan, 33, from the Shati refugee camp, was shot in the chest by Egyptian forces near the naval border with Egypt in the south of the coastal enclave. He was taken to hospital but died early Saturday morning. Gazoo's interior ministry said an initial investigation indicated "the Paleostinian fishing boat did not cross the Egyptian (maritime) border" and remained in the Paleostinian waters of the town of Rafah. "We call on the Egyptian authorities to open an urgent investigation into this incident," front man Iyad al-Bozum said in a statement. The Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, terror group, which dominates Gazoo, condemned the "unjustified" attack. Egyptian officials did not immediately comment. The head of the fishing union in Gazoo announced a halt in fishing until Sunday evening in protest at the killing. Fishermen from Gazoo have often brought in catch from Egyptian territory to sidestep restrictions imposed by Israel's naval blockade of the enclave. Gazoo fishermen say that the limited fishing zone imposed by Israel is not big enough to meet demand of the coastal strip's 2 million people. Egyptian forces, meanwhile, have in the past shot up Paleostinians trying to smuggle weapons and other items from the Sinai Peninsula into the strip.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 He sleeps with the fishes. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2018-01-14 23:28 |