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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Israeli naval forces detained 10 Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday evening and continued to hold two of them as of Monday afternoon.

Spokesperson for the Union of Agricultural Work Committees Zakariyya Bakir told Ma’an that Israeli gunboats obstructed Palestinian fishing boats sailing off the coast of al-Wahah on Sunday and detained 10 fishermen, taking them to an unknown location.

He added that Israeli forces confiscated two fishing boats.

Bakir identified the detained fishermen as Khalid Radoon Bakir, Khamis Radoon Bakir, Ghalib Radoon Bakir, Ahmad Khalid Bakir, Muhammad Khamis Bakir, Jamil Ahmad Adas, Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Bakir, Hameid Mahmoud Bakir, Adham Ashraf al-Ashwah, and Hasan Ibrahim Madi.

Khamis Radoon Bakir and Hasan Ibrahim Madi remained in custody as of Monday afternoon, while the eight others have since been released.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an they were looking into reports.

Israeli forces regularly detain Palestinian fisherman off the coast of Gaza working within the fishing zone, generally for alleged security reasons.

While Israeli authorities in April expanded the fishing zone designated for Palestinian fishermen to nine nautical miles in the southern Gaza Strip, and retained the six-mile zone in the north, fishermen regularly report detentions, live fire, and boat confiscation within these limits.

According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Israeli forces detained 71 fishermen and confiscated 22 fishing boats throughout 2015.

The center said that Israeli naval forces also opened fire on Palestinian fishermen at least 139 times over the course of the year, wounding 24 and damaging 16 fishing boats.

"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.