Israeli Forces Shoot at Fishermen from Gaza196 On 18 February 2013, two Israeli navy boats attacked a Palestinian fishing boat with five fishermen on board 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 ten meters. Two Palestinians aboard were injured, including one child. Abdul Mo’ti Nabieh from alShati refugee camp told BADIL: ”In the morning of 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 10:30am, 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.” 196 BADIL’s interview with Abdul Mo’ti Nabieh, a Fisherman from Gaza Fishing Society, “Israeli Forces Shoot at fishermen from Gaza”, August 2015 53