Dozens of Gaza residents have been wounded as Hamas forces have strongly suppressed demonstrations against the cost of living, during which live ammunition was fired at the demonstrators and violent means were used to disperse them.
The official Palestinian Authority news agency Wafa reported that armed Hamas operatives broke into residents' houses in Rafah, attacked a number of residents in the area of Abu Al-Jidyan Square in the Jabalya refugee camp, and carried out arrests east of Shaja'iya with massive gunfire. It was also reported that in Deir al-Balah, armed Hamas activists dispersed a women's demonstration calling for the release of detainees, broke into a private house in Khan Yunis and arrested residents of Beit Lahiya.