2019 Gaza economic protests
The 2019 Gaza economic protests, also called the We Want to Live protests and the 14th March movement, were a series of protests held in the Gaza Strip in response to high costs of living and tax hikes.
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| Part of Second Arab Spring and Fatah–Hamas conflict | |||
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| Date | 14 March 2019 – 18 March 2019 (four days) | ||
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| Injuries | 1+ wounded | ||
| Arrested | 1,000+ | ||
The protests were met with violence by the ruling Hamas, which dispatched security forces to disperse protesters. Several human rights organisations and political factions have denounced attacks on protesters by Hamas security forces. The protests were described as the most severe anti-regime protests in Gaza since the Hamas takeover in 2007.
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