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BEERSHEBA (Ma'an) -- Two Palestinian fishermen from Gaza were brought to Israeli court Wednesday on a list of charges, including fishing three nautical miles past the designated fishing zone, "deliberately bumping" into an Israeli military boat and throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers, local sources said.

Sources said Zayid Zaki Tarrush, 23, and Mahmoud Muhammad Munir Bakr, 33, were brought to court in Beersheba and presented with two lists of indictments for the incidents, which reportedly took place around 5 a.m. on Dec. 7.

On the day of the incident, local officials reported that Israeli naval forces also allegedly opened fire on fishing boats, although no injuries were reported.

An Israeli army spokesperson had no information on the reports at the time of the incident.

The Israeli-imposed blockade on the territory forces fishermen to work within a limited "designated fishing zone" off the coast of the besieged enclave, but Israeli naval forces frequently shoot at fishermen working within these limits, according to documentation by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.

Due to high frequency of attacks, live fire at fishing boats often goes unreported.

The group recorded at least 117 incidents of forces opening fire on fishermen in the first nine months of 2015, injuring 22 Palestinians.
"These attacks occurred in a time where the fishers did not pose any threat to the Israeli naval troops, as they were doing their job to secure a living," the center said.

In the same period, at least 15 Palestinian fishermen were detained.
Despite Israel's pledge to expand the fishing zone following the war in the summer of 2014, the limits have remained while the over nine-year blockade imposed by Israel has devastated the livelihood of the around 4,000 fishermen living in the coastal enclave.