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GAZA CITY (Ma'an)
MARCH 9, 2019 3:01 P.M. (UPDATED: MARCH 9, 2019 5:07 P.M.)
Israel released four Palestinian fishermen, on Friday evening, who were detained earlier off the northwestern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Medical sources confirmed that the four fishermen arrived to the al-Shifa Hospital injured with rubber-coated steel bullets.

The fishermen were reportedly assaulted by Israeli forces during detention.

Head of the Palestinian Fishermen Union in Gaza, Zakariya Bakr, told Ma'an earlier that the fishermen were forced to strip from their clothes and swim towards the Israeli ship in cold water, after they had surrounded the fishermen's boat and opened fire at them.

Bakr identified the fishermen as Walid Muhsen Bakr, Yusri Zakariya Bakr, and two brothers, Yasser and Tamer Suleiman Bakr.
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GAZA CITY (Ma'an)
MARCH 8, 2019 11:26 A.M. (UPDATED: MARCH 8, 2019 3:12 P.M.)

Israeli naval forces detained four Palestinian fishermen and forced them to strip off their clothing, on Friday morning, off the northwestern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Head of the Palestinian Fishermen Union in Gaza, Zakariya Bakr, told Ma'an that the Israeli naval forces surrounded a Palestinian fishing boat with four fishermen aboard and opened heavy fire towards them.

Bakr pointed out that prior to the detention, the Israeli navy forced them to strip from their clothes and swim in freezing cold water to the navy ships.

Bakr identified the four detained fishermen as Walid Muhsein Bakr, Yasri Zakariya Bakr, and two brothers, Yasser and Tamer Suleiman Bakr.

Following the detention, the Israeli navy confiscated the fishing boat and sailed it towards the Israeli Ashdod seaport.