ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/FUNERAL Palestinians hold funeral for fisherman killed by Israeli fire

Record ID: 399265

  • Title: ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/FUNERAL Palestinians hold funeral for fisherman killed by Israeli fire
  • Date: 7th March 2015
  • Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (MARCH 7, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS GATHERING AT HOSPITAL ENTRANCE PALESTINIANS COMING OUT OF HOSPITAL HOLDING FISHERMAN'S BODY VARIOUS OF FUNERAL WOMEN WATCHING FUNERAL MORE OF FUNERAL PEOPLE GATHERING NEAR FISHERMAN'S HOUSE MAN HUGGING RELATIVE OF FISHERMAN PEOPLE HOLDING FISHERMAN BODY AND LEAVING HIS HOUSE
  • Embargoed: 22nd March 2015 12:00
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  • Location: Gaza
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA7XIRSNJ8HT7TXMPWLH01WSQ3K
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    Dozens of Palestinians took part in the funeral of a fisherman who was killed by Israeli navy gunfire on Saturday (March 7).
    The Israeli navy opened fire on the Palestinian's boat off the coast of the Gaza Strip according to Gaza hospital officials.
    They named the dead fisherman as Tawfiq Abu Reyala, 34.
    Citing security concerns, Israel keeps a naval blockade on Gaza, which is ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement, and has designated a six nautical-mile fishing zone off the enclave's coast.
    An Israeli military spokeswoman said four vessels had strayed from the fishing zone and that the Israeli army opened fire after the boats did not heed calls to halt.
    Hamas and other Gaza militant groups fought a 50-day war with Israel last July and August in which more than 2,100 Palestinians, many of them civilians, were killed. On the Israeli side 67 soldiers and six civilians were killed.
    The Palestinians say the fishing zone is not big enough to supply the demands of Gaza's 1.8 million people, who are kept under a tight Israeli-Egyptian blockade.
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