Dozens of journalists staged a sit-in protest in Gaza Monday, two days after Hamas militia forces broke up a Fatah party rally and questioned journalists.
The Foreign Press Association based in Jerusalem said, "There can be no excuse for any attempts to limit freedom" of the press. During the incident on Friday, Hamas security forces fired in the air and detained three cameramen and a photographer from the French news agency AFP. Journalists prevented the Hamas force from detaining two other cameramen.