Al Mezan
1-6-2013
On
Saturday, 1st June 2013, at approximately 3:30 pm, Israeli naval
vessels opened fire at a distance of six nautical miles toward
Palestinian fishing boats west of Gaza’s fishermen port, west of Gaza
City. The Israeli boats used a water canon on one fishing boat,
“Flouka”, which belonged to Eyad Rajab al Hissi, 35. The flooding caused
damage to the boat and its equipment. According to his affidavit to Al
Mezan, he al Hissi stated,
'while I was fishing with my son Rajab and my brother Mohammed on
board “Flouka”, which is a boat fixed in the middle of the sea and
surrounded with lights in order to gather fish, I saw an Israeli vessel
moving westward and following other fishermen boats two kilometers far
from our boat. The Israeli gunboats shortly opened fire. I was afraid as
I saw the other boats moving in the direction of my boat and followed
by the Israeli gunboat. Meanwhile, I moved with my son and brother to
another boat which vastly headed us to the east where we stopped at a
distance of 300 meters away from our boat “Flouka”. The Israeli gunboat
approached the boat and I heard gunfire and saw the Israeli forces using
a water canon. After about two minutes, the boat’s lights went out on
Flouka and I was therefore unable to see the boat anymore. Twenty
minutes later, the Israeli gunboat left the area as I rushed to find my
boat, which appeared to have sunk completely. At that time, I called
Adel Abu Riyala, an owner of a boat “Lansh”, who came to help me. We
found the sunken vessel and using ropes pulled the boat up and towed it
to Gaza Port'.
According Al Hissi, eight lights were damaged, two motors were lost
in the sea and another motor was damaged. There was evidence of much
gunfire used against the boat.
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