Israeli navy shoots Palestinian fisherman a day after loosening Gaza water restrictions

Israeli forces shot a Palestinian fisherman in Gaza on Thursday, hitting his leg, one day after Israel loosened restrictions on fishing in the besieged enclave's waters.

Israeli naval forces shot at multiple Palestinian fishing vessels, Palestine's official Wafa news agency said on Thursday, resulting in one fisherman being injured.

These ships were approximately six nautical miles away from the Sudaniya beach, which is in the Gaza Strip's north.

The man was struck in the left thigh by an "explosive" round near Abasan Al-Khabira, a town close to an Israeli security fence, Wafa reported.

The injured man is being treated at hospital for moderate injuries.

Israeli security shot another Palestinian in Gaza's Khan Younis governorate on Thursday.

These two shootings in Gaza come in a year that saw Israel launch a deadly bombing campaign against the enclave for 11 days in May.

This killed 256 Palestinians, while rockets launched from the Strip by Hamas and others led to 13 deaths in Israel.