Rafah, Egypt (Earth Times) - Egypt's navy seized a Palestinian fishing boat from the Gaza Strip after it passed into Egypt's territorial water, police said. The navy detained two Palestinian fishermen on the boat and turned them over to Egyptian security forces for interrogation and investigation, police told the German Press Agency dpa.
This is at least the third Palestinian boat to be seized in Egyptian waters in the last two years.
Fishermen on the two previous boats faced a quick trial on charges of illegally entering Egyptian waters before they were sent back to the Gaza Strip.
Israel and Egypt closed the Gaza Strip's borders after Hamas took control of the territory's security forces in 2007.
Israel has prevented fishermen from venturing into the waters off the Gaza Strip out of fear they could be smuggling weapons into the territory, leading many fishermen to try their luck in Egyptian territorial waters.
This is at least the third Palestinian boat to be seized in Egyptian waters in the last two years.
Fishermen on the two previous boats faced a quick trial on charges of illegally entering Egyptian waters before they were sent back to the Gaza Strip.
Israel and Egypt closed the Gaza Strip's borders after Hamas took control of the territory's security forces in 2007.
Israel has prevented fishermen from venturing into the waters off the Gaza Strip out of fear they could be smuggling weapons into the territory, leading many fishermen to try their luck in Egyptian territorial waters.
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