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Reports: Hamas shuts down shawarma shops in Gaza under price monitoring regime
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Illustration: Armed Palestinian Hamas operatives pictured in Gaza City on November 2, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Telegram channels affiliated with Hamas report that the terror group shut down several shawarma restaurants yesterday along Salah al-Din Road, which runs down the length of the Strip, as part of efforts to regulate food prices.
According to the reports, the restaurants were selling chicken at inflated prices, higher than what Hamas had permitted.
In recent days, lists of regulated food prices — apparently set by Hamas — have circulated on social media, outlining the rates that vendors must adhere to.
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