US EditionAnti-Hamas militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab killed in Gaza Strip
Yasser Abu Shabab was killed amid internal militia disputes and clan rivalries, undermining Israel’s effort to build a local anti-Hamas force in Gaza, Israeli sources said.
- On Thursday, Israeli collaborator and militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab was reportedly killed in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
- Cooperation with Israel and accusations of looting and killings made Abu Shabab a priority target, as Hamas security forces vowed to track him during the `two-year genocidal war on Gaza`.
- Accounts conflict over the circumstances of his death, with some alleging an ambush, while Channel 12 reported Israeli forces took Abu Shabab to Soroka Hospital, where he was declared dead.
- Crowds in Gaza celebrated after the reports, handing out sweets and firing into the air; the Palestinian group offered no immediate comment, and Amit Segal, Israeli journalist and political commentator of Channel 12, called it `bad development for Israel`.
- Armed and given Israeli air cover, Abu Shabab operated under Israeli protection from eastern Rafah, an area under full Israeli control.
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The commander of the most powerful Israeli-backed armed faction fighting Hamas in Gaza, Bedouin tribal leader Yasser Abu Shabab, has been killed. According to local media and sources in Gaza, this happened during a clash with other local armed clans. Shabab's death has significantly complicated Israel's efforts to obtain intermediaries who will continue the fight against Hamas on its behalf.
Abu Shabab and his gang were behind the constant looting of humanitarian trucks, while receiving arms and support from the Zionist entity, Palestinian authorities highlighted.
On Thursday, Israeli defence sources announced the death of Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of an anti-Hamas militia, in what they described as an “internal confrontation” in the southern Gaza Strip. In what is supposed to be a severe blow to Israel’s efforts to create its own Palestinian representatives to confront the Islamic Resistance Movement. Abu Shabab, a Bedouin tribal leader based in the area controlled by Israeli forces in devastated ter…
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