ShareKHAN YUNIS: After over a year of war in Gaza, Palestinian fishermen gather along the coastline, desperately casting their nets in hopes of catching enough for their families amid widespread hunger. Since Zionist entity began a military onslaught in Gaza, restrictions in the waters off the enclave have made life almost impossible for fishermen, who no longer sail out to sea and instead must stay by the shore.
In Khan Yunis, Ibrahim Ghurab, 71, and Waseem Al Masry, 24, fish for sardines from the shoreline in front of a encampment of tents and makeshift shelters for those displaced by the war. “Life is difficult,” Ghurab said. “One tries to secure food. There is no aid, we don’t receive anything anymore. In the beginning there was some (humanitarian) aid, very little, but now there is no more.”
Fishermen like Ghurab and Al-Masry struggle daily to bring in even a modest catch to feed their families. There is rarely any fish left over from a daily haul to be sold to others. Fishing was an important part of daily life in Gaza before the war, helping people eke out a living by selling their daily hauls in the market and feed the population. But scant aid is reaching Gaza amid Zionist entity restrictions and frequent fighting, and many people have no income.
The price of simple goods are largely out of reach for most. “We have to come here and risk our lives,” Al Masry said, describing shootings by the Zionist entity military from the sea that he accused of targeting fisherman on the beach in Khan Yunis. Ghurab similarly said that Zionist entity military boats had fired upon fisherman at Khan Yunis. The Zionist entity military did not respond to Reuters requests for comment on the claims the military had shot at fishermen. — Reuters
