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Wrecked by the blockade

Israel says its six-mile limit around Gaza is a vital security measure. Billy Briggs meets the fishermen targeted by gunboats and the protesters who are sailing from Cyprus to break the siege

SAMY al-Goga walks down to the shore holding his 18'month-old daughter and looks out towards the sea. "It's far too dangerous to go fishing now," the tall Palestinian fisherman says.