The Zionist naval forces on Thursday opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip

The Zionist naval forces on Thursday opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip, a spokesman for Gaza's fishermen said.

"Israeli gunboats opened fire on fishing boats off the Gaza coast," Nizar Ayyash, head of Gaza's Palestinian Fishermen's Union, told The Anadolu Agency.

No casualties were reported.

The Zionist navy routinely shoots at Palestinian fishing boats on the pretext that they are fishing in unauthorized waters, Ayyash said, adding that occupation attacks appeared to intentionally target the livelihoods of Palestinian fishermen.

Last summer, enemy forces allowed Palestinian fishermen to ply their trade up to six nautical miles off the coast of the Gaza Strip – as opposed to three miles previously.

A cease-fire reached last summer between the Zionist authorities and Palestinian factions ended 51 days of relentless Zionist attacks on the Gaza Strip, which killed over 2,160 Palestinians.

According to Ayyash, some 50,000 Gazans earn their living from fishing.