Israeli navy opens heavy machinegun fire at Gaza beaches

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Israeli navy gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at beaches in southern Gaza, Zahra city, and Nuseirat refugee camp on Tuesday night and at dawn Wednesday.A security source told the PIC reporter that the navy gunboats opened fire at those shores last night and later on opened intermittent fire at the same areas.Nizar Ayyash, the chairman of the fishermen syndicate in Gaza, said in a press release on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation authorities launch a systematic, ferocious campaign against the Palestinian fishermen.He said that the Israeli forces routinely open fire at fishermen and their boats, arrest them and confiscate their boats and fishing tools, and shrink their allowed areas of fishing. /149