The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has asserted that the Israeli closure of the sea in the Gaza Strip is a dangerous escalation.
It said in a statement issued on Tuesday that the closure is part and parcel of the collective punishment being imposed on the people of Palestine and constitutes a crime against humanity.
The Israeli act increases the suffering of the fishermen who are paying a heavy price for the practices of the Israeli occupation authorities.
Israel closed the sea since Monday and prohibited fishing until further notice in a collective punishment step of the Gaza Strip’s two million population for the firing of projectiles from Gaza into Israel over the last few days, according to WAFA.
As a result, 60,000 people in Gaza who make their living from fishing have been affected by the arbitrary Israeli measure, according to Zakaria Bakr, head of the Fishermen Union Committees in Gaza.
Basma Qaddour