CPSGAZA: Civil Peace Service Gaza: CPS Gaza crew attacked by Israeli warship
CPS Gaza crew attacked by Israeli warship
The CPS Gaza human rights monitoring boat was attacked by Israeli warships with water cannons earlier today.
The initial attack happened at 12.05pm local time. There were four people aboard the Oliva boat at the time, two CPS Gaza crew members (from the UK and Sweden), the captain and a local journalist. One crew member explained:
“We were fewer than two miles away from the Gaza coast when they fired at us. We saw them firing water at some fishing boats so we headed to the area. When we got close, the warships left the fishing boats, and turned on us. They attacked us for about ten minutes, following us as we tried to head to shore and eventually lagged when we reached about one mile off the Gaza coast.”
CPS Gaza has video footage of the attack and will be releasing it shortly. Any updates will be posted here.
A fishing boat was also fired at and damaged with live rounds. Currently Israel claims to allow fishing boats to work within three miles off the coast of Gaza, but they are frequently attacked whilst fishing within the three mile limit.
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