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GAZA (Ma'an) -- Israeli naval forces Saturday in the early morning hours opened live fire at Palestinian fishermen boats across from the northern shore of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Witnesses told Ma’an that Israeli military boats opened fire at Palestinian fishermen north of Beit Lahiya in the besieged Palestinian territory. No injuries were reported.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an she would look into reports on the incident.

The Israeli army regularly opens fire on Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border and the coast, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.

The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sectors of the blockaded coastal enclave.

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

Meanwhile, Israeli authorities postponed three times a planned temporary expansion of the northern Gaza Strip’s fishing zone in past weeks.

According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), 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.