Hamas security forces breaking up a protest in Gaza arrested at least two international journalists and assaulted one of them.
A photographer with the French News Agency AFP reported that a policeman hit him in the face with a gun for refusing to hand over his camera. He was arrested and the memory card of his camera confiscated.
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An AP journalist was arrested by plain-clothed Hamas security forces, who forced him to hand over his mobile phones, according to the Foreign Press Association, the foreign media union operating in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
The FPA issued a statement to condemn the “violent behaviour in the strongest terms”, while AFP also issued a complaint with the Gaza interior ministry spokesman.
During the protest over an electricity crisis Hamas security forces fired live ammunition in the air and dispersed protesters with batons.
— AFP contributed to this report
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