December 4, 2025 Meet the Middle East

Anti-Hamas Gazan clansman reported killed, in blow to Israeli policy

By Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-MughrabiJERUSALEM/CAIRO Dec 4 (Reuters) - The head of an armed Palestinian faction that opposes Hamas in Gaza has been killed, Israeli media reported on Thursday, in what would be a blow to Israeli efforts to support Gazan clans against the Islamist movement.Yasser Abu Shabab, a Bedouin tribal leader based in Israeli-held Rafah in southern Gaza, has led the most prominent of several small anti-Hamas groups that emerged in Gaza during the war that began more than two years ago.
Source: Al Monitor
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