Ma'an: Israeli warships fire on Palestinian fishermen, further straining
truce
Date: 05 / 07 / 2008 Time: 10:27
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Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli warships used machineguns to fire on Palestinian
fishermen in the Sudaniyya area of the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday
morning. No casualties have been reported.

Separately, on Friday, Israeli warships fired two shells at fishermen's
boats in the area of Tal As-Sultan, west of the city of Rafah in the
southern Gaza Strip, damaging the boats.

These attacks are in direct violation of a truce between Israel and
Palestinian resistance groups that went into effect on 19 June.

Israel and the Palestinian groups have accused each other of violating the
ceasefire. According to the terms of the Egyptian-brokered truce, all sides
are to hold their fire, and Israel is to gradually ease its year-old
military blockade of Gaza's borders. Twice however, the Israeli military has
re-sealed the borders in response to Palestinian homemade projectiles fired
from Gaza.

Palestinian groups also accuse Israel of dragging its feet on implementing
key components of the agreement, mainly ending the blockade.