“On April 1, Israel doubled the area where Palestinians can fish in the Mediterranean Sea off of the Gaza Strip as part of Egyptian-brokered talks with Hamas. The distance fishermen can operate in was extended from 6 nautical miles at the narrowest sea corridor, to 15 nautical miles at the widest.”
Israel - temporarily at least - expands the fishing zone that Gazans are permitted to enter. But being in a 'permitted' zone has not protected them in the past from Israel's gunboats...and what about the pollution from raw sewage being dumped every day into the sea?
Gaza fishermen still struggle despite Israel’s loosening restrictions
Gaza Port in Gaza City. (Photo: Mohammed Assad)