The IDF is confirming a report that Israeli Navy soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian sailor off the coast of the Gaza Strip after his ship left the designated fishing zone.
Two other Palestinian suspects are under arrest and being interrogated, according to the military.
Palestinian fishermen sit in their boat off the shores of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, as an Israeli patrol is seen in the distance, March 26, 2014. (AFP/Said Khatib)
“The suspicious ship left the fishing zone off the northern Gaza Strip, with three suspects on it. In response, the IDF troops conducted the arrest protocol, which included calls [to stop], warning shots in the air and shots at the boat itself,” the army says.
“As a result of the gunfire, one of the suspects was seriously injured and later died of his wounds,” the army says.
The military says it is investigating the incident.
— Judah Ari Gross
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