Navy hurts Palestinian man, girl in Gaza

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Jan 22, 2009 17:58
Navy hurts Palestinian man, girl in Gaza
By AP AND YAAKOV KATZ


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A Navy boat off the shores of Gaza City shot and wounded a man and a girl on Thursday morning, according to a Palestinian medical official.

Navy wounds man and girl, intended as warning shots for Palestinian fishing vessel

The IDF confirmed the incident, and said it was firing to deter a Palestinian fishing vessel that had strayed off-limits.

Between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday, the Navy partially lifted the naval blockade so as to allow Palestinian fishermen to fish.

Moaiya Hassanain, a Palestinian doctor, said a shell fired by the boat hit a house in a beach-side refugee camp, and that two who were wounded were walking in the street.

Another shell landed 100 yards (meters) away in an empty area near a UN aid distribution center.

Three gunboats were operating off Gaza City's coast Thursday.

Gunboats have been firing off Gaza's shore for several days despite a cease-fire that has ended a three-week Israeli offensive against Gaza rocket operations aimed at Israel.

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