Rampant aid theft prompts former authorities to attempt price controls and shoot rule-breakers as starvation looms
The remnants of Gaza’s Hamas-run security forces have begun a violent crackdown on aid theft and spiralling black market prices in the enclave, including shooting suspects in the legs as they struggle to appease a starving population. Armed men in plain clothes, who Palestinians say are policemen driven underground by Israeli targeting, have started to reconstitute in the enclave to act as a shadow force against wartime profiteering.
An “emergency committee” formed during the war by Gaza’s de facto authorities has published price lists and warned traders to adhere to them in messages that circulate on Gazan news sites and social media groups. Recent edicts have sought to impose a cap of 10 shekels for a kilogramme of tomatoes, and 6Shk for 1kg of sugar.
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