82 Israeli Land Grab and Forced Population Transfer of Palestinians subsequently.”288 In 2013, fishing boats were limited to three nautical miles distance from the shore. Since January 2009 there were more than 300 incidents where fishing boats were confiscated including all equipment on board. Due to the restrictions imposed by the Israelis, the number of fishermen shrank to a figure of 3,500 by 2010 compared to 10,000 in 2,000. In 16 cases the Navy chased and shot at fishermen resulting in 44 arrests, the confiscation of eight fishing boats and damage to fishing and other equipment.289 Abdallah Al-Ghoul - Al-Shatee Refugee Camp, Gaza City290 On 18 February 2013 two Israeli navy boats attacked a Palestinian fishing boat with 5 fishermen onboard at Al-Sudaniya beach off the coast north of Gaza City. The Israeli Navy soldiers opened direct fire on the boat from a distance not exceeding 10m. Two fishermen were injured including one child. Abdallah Al-Ghoul from Al-Shatee Refugee Camp stated: ”On the morning of Monday 18 February 2013 I joined a fishing boat crew. We sailed from the port and headed north from Al-Sudaniya up to three nautical miles where we began fishing. At about 10:30 am, while we had our breakfast, we realized that two military boats were heading towards us at high speed. We immediately switched on the boat in an attempt to flee, but unfortunately one of the military boats reached us and encircled us. It was very fast in comparison with our boat. The soldier then shot at us while one of them asked us via a megaphone to take off our clothes and jump into the water. We declined and they intensified their shooting. Many bullets hit the boat. I was hit by shrapnel in my left foot and another sailor was also hit by shrapnel in his foot. When the soldiers were certain that they had injured us, they stopped shooting and we headed back to the port where we were transferred to Al-Shifaa Hospital��. 288 OCHA, Between the Fence and a Hardplace, 10. 289 Oxfam, The ADCR 2011: Human Deprivation Under Occupation (2012), 8; available from http://www. undp.org/content/rbas/en/home/library/poverty_reduction/the-adcr-2011--human-deprivation-underoccupation.html; accessed 2 May 2013. 290 Abdallah Masoud Eid Al-Ghoul, ‘Al-Shatee Refugee Camp, Disrtict of Gaza City’, interview by BADIL, February 2013.