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Monday, May 15, 2017
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Monday, May 15, 2017
Gaza fisherman shot by navy dies in hospital, IDF says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Gazan fisherman shot by an Israeli Navy ship on Monday after breaching the blockade off the Palestinian territory dies from his wounds, an IDF spokeswoman says.
The IDF said earlier that naval forces fired warning shots when “a vessel deviated from the designated fishing zone in the northern Gaza Strip.”
The vessel was reportedly the fourth such ship to breach the blockade on Monday, which Palestinians mark as “Nakba Day,” a day of mourning for the displacement of Palestinians during Israel’s founding in 1948.
The vessel did not turn back after the warning shots, and the Navy ship shot towards it, wounding the fisherman aboard. Navy sailors took the man to an Israeli hospital, where he died from his wounds.
— AFP and Times of Israel staff
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