No injuries as Gaza fishing boat explodes near Israeli vessel

Published April 13th, 2009 - 08:14 GMT

A booby-trapped fishing boat went off on Monday near an Israel Navy vessel off the coast of the northern Gaza Strip. According to Israeli press reports, no one was wounded in the blast, which occurred about 300 meters from the Gaza coast, near the border with Israel.

 

The Palestinian vessel was laden with explosives, but was unmanned.

The blast was heard further along the coast in Gaza City.