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{{Short description|Protests in Gaza as a part of 2018-2021 Arab protests}}
{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = 2019 Gaza economic protests
| partof = [[2018–2021 Arab protests]] and [[Fatah–Hamas conflict]]<ref name=ha1.7040526/>
| image =
| caption =
| date = {{nowrap|{{start date|2019|03|14|df=y}} – {{end date|2019|03|18|df=y}}}} (four days)<ref name=bbc47616809/>
| place = [[Gaza Strip]]
| coordinates =
| causes =
* Opposition to Hamas regime and corruption in the Gaza Strip
| goals =
* Reducing cost of living
* Reducing taxation
| methods =
| status =
| result =
*Hamas security cracks down on the protesters
| side1 = Protesters
* {{flagicon image|Fatah Flag.svg}} [[Fatah]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-03/20/c_137908040.htm|title=PLO calls on Hamas to stop "brutal" suppression of protests in Gaza - Xinhua - English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Palestine}} Palestinian protesters
| side2 = Government
* {{flagicon|Palestine}} [[Hamas government in Gaza]]
| leadfigures1 =
* Unknown
| leadfigures2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Ismail Haniyeh]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Yahya Sinwar]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Mohammed Deif]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Marwan Issa]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Aziz Duwaik]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Fathi Hamad]] {{flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.svg}} [[Abd Al Aziz Awda]]
| howmany1 =
| howmany2 =
| fatalities =
| injuries = 1+ wounded<ref name=ha1.7040526>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-fatah-spokesman-attacked-near-home-by-masked-assailants-amid-gaza-economic-protests-1.7040526|title=Fatah Spokesman in Gaza Attacked by Masked Assailants Amid Protests|first=Amira|last=Hass|date=19 March 2019|publisher=|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref>
| arrests =
| charged =
| fined =
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| notes =
| sidebox = {{Campaignbox 2018–2019 Arab protests}}
}}
The '''2019 Gaza economic protests''',<ref name=aj>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/gaza-rights-groups-denounce-hamas-crackdown-economic-protests-190318093948229.html|title=Gaza rights groups denounce Hamas crackdown on protests|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref><ref name=bbc47616809>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47616809|title=Economic protests test Hamas's grip on Gaza|first=Yolande|last=Knell|work=BBC News|date=18 March 2019|publisher=}}</ref> dubbed as '''We Want to Live''' protests,<ref name=ha1.7040526/> began on February, initiating with the popular call "We want to live" by a group of politically unaffiliated media activists.<ref name=aj/> The group has been nicknamed the ''14th March movement''.<ref name=bbc47616809/> The protests aim at high costs of living and tax hikes in the Gaza Strip.

The protests were met with violence by the [[Hamas government in Gaza|ruling]] [[Hamas]], which dispatched security forces to disperse protesters.<ref name=aj/> Several human rights organisations and political factions have denounced attacks on protesters by Hamas security forces.<ref name=aj/> The protests were described as the most severe anti-regime protests in Gaza since the Hamas [[Battle of Gaza (2007)|takeover]] in 2007.<ref name=bbc47616809/>

==See also==
{{portal|Palestine|Politics}}
*[[Arab Spring]]
*[[2011–2012 Palestinian protests]]
==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaza economic protests, 2019}}

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