Scores of protesters stormed the Palestinian parliament building yesterday, pushing their way into the legislative chamber to demand long overdue wages from the Hamas-led government.

The chaotic scene in Ramallah, and violence in Gaza that killed a Hamas gunman and wounded a security chief loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction, were further signs of the growing power struggle between the rival groups.

Interrupting a parliamentary session, protesters climbed on top of lawmakers’ desks and threw paper and water bottles. Several Hamas legislators left the chamber as shouting from the crowd turned angrier.

“It is true employees are hungry. They have gone 100 days without salaries. But this is total chaos. We cannot have the storming of the PLC session,” Fatah lawmaker Jamal Abul said.