[Jerusalem Post] Hamas sticks in the mud has shut down a hotel eatery in Gaza after a woman demonstrated smoking a water pipe on its premises, Reuters reported on Wednesday. In July, Hamas announced a ban prohibiting females from smoking the tobacco water pipes - also known as "nargile" or "shisha" - while in public.
"The police have decided to ban women from smoking water pipes in open, public places because only men can have fun," Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman Ihab al-Ghussein told AFP at the time the ban was announced.
Wednesday's restaurant closure is the first known enforcement of the ban.