{"id":167861,"date":"2025-12-04T14:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/167861\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T14:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T14:31:07","slug":"gaza-militia-leader-accused-of-collaborating-with-israel-killed-reports-israel-palestine-conflict-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/167861\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza militia leader accused of collaborating with Israel killed: Reports | Israel-Palestine conflict News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKINGBREAKING, <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\">Yasser Abu Shabab became an infamous figure during Israel\u2019s genocidal war, as his group was accused of stealing the little humanitarian assistance that the Israeli authorities allowed into the coastal enclave.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 4 Dec 20254 Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p>share2<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<p>Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of a gang in the Gaza Strip that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2025\/8\/12\/is-israel-using-gaza-tribal-militias-to-help-ethnic-cleansing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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<p>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<p>Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/7\/2\/hamas-run-court-gives-gaza-gang-leader-abu-shabab-10-days-to-surrender\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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<p>Israeli officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2025\/8\/12\/is-israel-using-gaza-tribal-militias-to-help-ethnic-cleansing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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<p>Reporting from Gaza City on Thursday, Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud said the exact circumstances surrounding Abu Shabab\u2019s death remain unclear.\u00a0\u201cThe big question mark \u2013 Who killed Yasser Abu Shabab? \u2013 is not clear yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mahmoud explained that Abu Shabab and his group were \u201cnotorious\u201d in Gaza for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking and the looting of aid.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>\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<p>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.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More to come\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BREAKINGBREAKING, Yasser Abu Shabab became an infamous figure during Israel\u2019s genocidal war, as his group was accused of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[50,42,46,44,47,43,48,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-167861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-gaza","tag-headlines","tag-israel","tag-israel-palestine-conflict","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-palestine","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}