A Gazan fisherman shot by Israeli naval forces on Monday after allegedly breaching the blockade off the Palestinian territory has died from his wounds, an Israeli military spokeswoman said.

Israel's military said naval forces fired warning shots when "a vessel deviated from the designated fishing zone in the northern Gaza Strip". 

It continued to advance and the forces shot towards the boat, with the fisherman later dying in an Israeli hospital from his wounds, the spokeswoman said.