Two Palestinian Killed By Israeli Firing and Gunboats Shelling Fishing Boats

Gaza Strip, Palestine, January 10, 2010 SPA -- The Israeli artillery
bombardment killed today two Palestinian citizens in the town of Beit Lahia,
northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian News Agency "WAFA" reported.


The news agency quoted Palestinian medical sources as saying that Israeli tanks
stationed on the northern border of the "territories of the 48" opened fire
with machine guns and fired several rounds towards a group of citizens next to
Dugit colony in the North-West of the town.


The sources added that ambulances rushed to the scene to lift the martyrs, but
Israeli forces opened fire towards them and prevented them from approaching and
picking the fatalities.


In the meantime, the Israeli gunboats continued shelling targeting fishing
boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip.


Palestinian sources reported that Israeli boats that patrol the sea
around-the-clock opened fire on fishing boats off the coast of Sudaniah in the
northwest of the city as well as off the coast of central Gaza Strip, the area
of Nusseirat, causing material damages but no injuries.


The Israeli Occupation Army is targeting on a daily basis the Palestinian
fishermen and their boats to prevent them from fishing and in turn, prevent
them from their sole source of living and their families.


--SPA