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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities have released eight Palestinian fishermen after detaining ten earlier on Wednesday off the coast of the Gaza Strip, according to the coordinator of the fisherman committees.

Zakariya Bakr told Ma’an that Israeli authorities released the men after they were detained six miles off the coast of al-Sheikh Ajlin.

Bakr identified those released as Zayid Zaki Tarrush, Ismail Zaki Tarrush, Fadi Hashem Dabo, Abed al-Latif Zaki Taroush, Ahmad Abed al-Rahman Zaqqut, Fahd Ziyad Bakr, Eid Muhsen Bakr and Bayan Khamis Bakr.

Israeli authorities also confiscated two fishing boats from the men which are reportedly still being held.

As part of Israel's blockade of the coastal enclave since 2007, Palestinian fishermen have been required to work within a limited "designated fishing zone" off the coast.

The exact limits of the zone are decided by the Israeli authorities and have historically fluctuated, and was extended in 2014 to six nautical miles from three, following a ceasefire agreement that ended Israel's offensive on the Palestinian territory.

The fishing zone was temporarily extended to nine nautical miles off the southern coast of Gaza for two months earlier this year.

However, the fishing zone was technically set to 20 nautical miles according to the Oslo Accords signed between Israel and the PA in the early 1990s.