Palestinian spear-fishermen walk through the water of the Mediterranean Sea, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 8, 2020. Picture taken October 8, 2020. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
GAZA (Reuters) - Armed with a snorkel mask and a home-made gun shaped like a trident, and dressed in a green sweatshirt and jogging pants, Ashraf Al-Amoudi goes hunting every day in the coastal waters of Gaza.
He is one of scores of spear fishermen who scratch out a living close to shore in the Hamas Islamist-run territory, diving from boats to depths of around four metres (13 ft) without oxygen to prise oysters from the rocks and catch grouper, sea bream and mullet.
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