Walls, tall and deadly, line three sides of Gaza. On the fourth lies the sea, stretching out to the horizon.

Its waters, and the fish within them, have long nourished Gazans isolated from the outside world.

Today, its beaches offer no respite and little shelter for the displaced, with the fishermen that once plied the shores now banned from the Mediterranean, stripping people of another desperately-needed food source.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reiterated a security order banning Gazans from even swimming off the coast earlier this month.

And, as Israeli forces patrol the shore with deadly force, only the truly desperate brave the waves to try and fish another day’s survival.