October 9th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Gaza Region On Wednesday 8th October, international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) accompanied Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza. In the morning, while sailing about 7 nautical miles from shore, Israeli gunboats approached the Palestinian fishing boats. After request from Palestinian captain, one of the internationals talked on VHF radio. Despite that fact, Israeli gunboats continued to harass the fishing boats and at some point fired shots (something which also constitutes a breach of the ceasefire agreement). In the afternoon while sailing always at about 7 nautical miles from shore, internationals observed an Israeli gunboat sailing between 3 Palestinian fishing boats. When the fishing boat that the internationals were on approached the area, again the captain...
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