Israeli naval occupation forces shot and wounded a fisherman in waters off the northern Gaza strip, with four Palestinians were arrested in West Bank.

Israeli naval occupation forces shot and wounded a fisherman in waters off the northern Gaza strip, with four Palestinians were arrested in West Bank.

Nizar Aayesh, head of the Gaza fishermen's union, said the Gazan was wounded when navy gunfire hit his boat after which he was taken to hospital in the Israeli port city of Ashkelon.

"There was a shooting towards a Palestinian fishing boat in the sea off northern Gaza. One fisherman was injured and the occupation's navy took him to Barzilai hospital," Aayesh told AFP.

Meanwhile, occupation troops in the northern West Bank arrested four Palestinians in Beit Rima near Ramallah early on Monday, witnesses said.

"Soldiers came to a house and arrested three brothers and another Palestinian, who was wounded," the witnesses told AFP, saying they were accused of shooting at soldiers.

The arrests sparked several hours of clashes, they added.
An army spokeswoman confirmed the arrests, saying: "Four Palestinians were arrested overnight in Beit Rima on security grounds. They were taken for questioning."