{"id":612083,"date":"2025-12-04T17:30:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/612083\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:30:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:30:17","slug":"gaza-militia-leader-accused-of-collaborating-with-israel-killed-reports-israel-palestine-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/612083\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza militia leader accused of collaborating with Israel killed: Reports | Israel-Palestine conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yasser Abu Shabab became an infamous figure during Israel\u2019s genocidal war, as his group was accused of stealing the meagre aid that Israel allowed into the enclave.<\/p>\n

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Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of a gang in the Gaza Strip that was accused of working with Israel<\/a> to counter Hamas and of looting humanitarian aid, has been killed, several Israeli media outlets are reporting.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s Channel 14 first reported his death on Thursday, without providing further details. Channel 12 said Abu Shabab was killed in clashes with \u201cGaza clans\u201d and later pronounced dead at the Soroka Medical Center in southern Israel.<\/p>\n

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Abu Shabab<\/a> became an infamous figure during Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza, as his so-called Popular Forces group was accused of stealing the little humanitarian assistance that the Israeli authorities allowed into the coastal enclave.<\/p>\n

Israeli officials later said<\/a> they were cooperating with armed groups in Gaza, including the one led by Abu Shabab, in order to establish a local anti-Hamas force.<\/p>\n

Reporting from Gaza City on Thursday, Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud said the exact circumstances surrounding Abu Shabab\u2019s death remain unclear. \u201cThe big question mark \u2013 who killed Yasser Abu Shabab? \u2013 is not clear yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mahmoud explained that Abu Shabab and his group were \u201cnotorious\u201d in Gaza<\/a> for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking and the looting of aid.<\/p>\n

They were accused of \u201cdeliberately blocking the entry of aid trucks into the northern part of Gaza, where displaced families were left to face famine and the spread of starvation\u201d, Mahmoud added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Israeli military and Israeli officials framed him as someone who is part of an effort to [provide a] counterweight [to] Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday, a Hamas-affiliated security force in Gaza, Radaa, posted a photo of Abu Shabab on Telegram, captioned: \u201cAs we told you, \u2018Israel won\u2019t protect you.’\u201d<\/p>\n

In July, a Hamas-linked court in Gaza<\/a> gave Abu Shabab 10 days to turn himself in to face charges of treason, collaborating with hostile entities, forming an armed gang, and armed rebellion.<\/p>\n

The gang leader was reported to have been previously jailed by Hamas on drug charges.<\/p>\n

Experts have said the rise of Abu Shabab reflects a longstanding Israeli policy of supporting Palestinian armed groups in an effort to create internal strife and undermine political movements and resistance.<\/p>\n

The looting of aid in the Gaza Strip came as Israel imposed a blockade on the territory, fuelling a humanitarian crisis and famine in several areas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More than 70,100 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli military assault on Gaza, which began in October 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Yasser Abu Shabab became an infamous figure during Israel\u2019s genocidal war, as his group was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2194,837,7424,839,12,1814,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-612083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-gaza","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-israel-palestine-conflict","11":"tag-middle-east","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-palestine","14":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115662490051227517","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}