The incident came at a time when Palestinian militants have been test firing rockets into the sea, and a Gaza based human rights group, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, previously said the fishing boat may have been hit by accident.
事件發生時,正值巴勒斯坦武裝分子向海中試射火箭彈,總部設在加沙的一個人權組織 "巴勒斯坦人權中心 "此前表示,這艘漁船可能是被意外擊中。