Gazan fishermen patch up dinghies with door frames to keep themselves afloat

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Gazan fishermen are repairing dinghies with salvaged materials like door frames from rubble to sustain their fishing activities amid difficult conditions. These small boats are essential to the struggling fishing industry in the Gaza enclave.

By Ebrahim Hajjaj GAZA, June 5 (Reuters) - In a Gaza workshop, a group of men patch up pleasure dinghies with reclaimed fibreglass, wood and door frames pulled from the rubble, racing to get the boats ready for a tougher line of work. The small vessels, which were used by families and swimmers before the war, have become a lifeline for the enclave's fishing industry which has been struggling to keep up its fleet.