Post #3819345

2025-10-29 17:03 UTC

#Israel is backing four militias as part of a project to oust #Hamas and create a “new #Gaza,” according to a report released by Sky News on 25 October. "We are all for ‘The New Gaza.’ Soon we will achieve full control of the Gaza Strip and will gather under one umbrella,” he added. Astal added that the rifles used by his gang members are purchased from former Hamas fighters on the black market. “Ammunition and vehicles, on the other hand, are delivered through the Kerem Shalom border crossing after coordination with the Israeli military.” Sky News has revealed that these groups are receiving backing from Arab states as well. A photo featured in the report shows Abu Shabab’s deputy Ghassan al-Duhine, standing near a vehicle with a UAE-registered license plate. Additionally, the logos of two of the militias, one of them led by Astal, are nearly identical to those used by UAE-backed groups in #Yemen. The #UAE did not respond to a request for comment from the outlet. Regarding links to the PA, Astal said, “I have people within my group who are still, to this day, employees of the Palestinian Authority.” https://thecradle.co/articles/four-militias-backed-by-israel-arab-states-plan-project-new-gaza-to-dismantle-hamas-report #USpol #IsraelTerroristState #PalestinianAuthority #imperialism #gazagenocide @palestine@fedibird.com @israel@a.gup.pe

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@prolrage@todon.nl 2025-12-04 22:26

The killing of #Gaza militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab, confirmed by his Popular Forces group and by Israeli media, is the final chapter of a man who tried to present himself – with Israeli support – as an alternative to #Hamas, but who was widely derided by Palestinians as a collaborator. The group operated somewhere between a criminal gang and an Israeli proxy force, but presented itself as a nationalist Palestinian group dedicated to fighting Hamas. Abu Shabab and the Popular Forces have since been accused of looting from aid convoys, with an internal United Nations memo seen by the Washington Post calling him “the main and most influential stakeholder behind systematic and massive looting”, and security sources in Gaza confirming to Al Jazeera Arabic that the Israeli-backed group had participated in looting. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/12/4/who-was-yasser-abu-shabab-israel-backed-militia-leader-killed-in-gaza #IsraelTerroristState #terrorism #palestine #freepalestine @palestine@fedibird.com @israel@a.gup.pe

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