Thursday, September 4, 2008

PCHR report 28/8-3/9/2008: 2 fishermen injured

PCHR weekly report No. 36/2008 28 Aug. - 03 Sep. 2008

Monday, 1 September

At approximately 06:00, an IOF gunboats fired a shell at a Palestinian fishing boat that was sailing 50 meters opposite to Beit Lahia seashore in the northern Gaza Strip. Two fishermen who were on the boat were wounded:

1. Mohammed Nouri al-Sultan, 18, from al-Salatin area in Beit Lahia, wounded by shrapnel throughout the body;

2. Hussam Fat’hi al-Sultan, 32, from al-Salatin area in Beit Lahia, wounded by shrapnel to the head and the hands.