The joy of the 16-year-old Palestinian boy Muhammad Abu Jayab was not complete with the diving moments he documented with his own camera off the coast of the Gaza Strip. While he was practicing his hobby in the sea on Sunday, a bullet fired by the Israeli occupation army struck him in the head, turning the scene of joy and play into a tragedy that shook the feelings of Palestinians.
Activists circulated emotional video clips on social media platforms documenting the difficult moments of retrieving the body of the martyr Abu Jayab from the middle of the sea. Palestinian fishermen rushed to retrieve him and transport him by a small boat to the beach of Deir al-Balah city in the central Strip, amidst a state of sadness and popular anger due to the targeting of the boy who posed no threat.
In a related context of maritime violations, field sources reported that the Israeli navy arrested four Palestinian fishermen on the same day while they were working off the coast of Gaza City. These attacks come within a systematic policy pursued by the occupation to restrict fishermen, including direct shooting and destruction of boats to prevent them from securing their daily livelihood.
On the ground, Israeli attacks did not stop at sea, as medical sources confirmed the martyrdom of five Palestinians, including an elderly man and a child, and the injury of 32 others with varying injuries on Monday. These targets were concentrated in various areas north and south of the Gaza Strip, reflecting a continuous military escalation despite existing understandings.
Reports from Gaza indicate that this escalation represents a clear violation of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10, 2025. Palestinian parties accuse the occupation authorities of deliberately targeting civilians and vital facilities to undermine the state of relative calm and increase the suffering of the besieged population in the Strip.
Regarding the total toll, medical sources in Gaza announced that the number of victims of the ongoing Israeli aggression since October 7, 2023, has risen to 72,980 martyrs. The number of injured has also exceeded 171,000, in an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe documented by official reports and local news agencies.
The young fisherman Muhammad Abu Jayab went to sea in search of a livelihood to support his family in a time of genocide and hunger, but the sea he sought for life brought him back carried on shoulders.
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Occupation bullets assassinate the dreams of the boy Muhammad Abu Jayab off the coast of Gaza