The IDF early Saturday morning denied reports that an Israeli combat ship caused the death of a 15-year-old Palestinian working on a fishing boat, Army Radio reported.According to the report, "the Army does not recognize the event" in question that was mentioned in an earlier report by the Palestinian Ma'an news agency.RELATED:13 injured in Kassam training site explosion in RafahLebanon: Explosion waters off Sidon was third Israeli spying deviceThe Ma'an report claimed that a 15-year-old Palestinian boy was killed after an Israeli naval boat caused him to drown while he was working on a fishing boat in the coastal waters off the Gazan city of Rafah on Friday.The report stated that the naval vessel opened fire on a group of Palestinian fisherman, indirectly causing the death of 15-year-old Ziad Samir al-Bardawil on one of the fishermens' boats. After being hit, Bardawil's boat was said to have capsized and the teenager drowned in the ocean.Bardawil was allegedly brought to a hospital in Rafah were he was pronounced dead. The Ma'an story could not be verified by an independent source.
