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Whatever Happened to Yasser Abu Shabab?

Yasser Abu Shabab, once touted as a pro-Israel ally, was killed over a week ago. His relatively un-mourned death showed the real intent of the IDF's support: using Rafah to ethnically cleanse Gaza.

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Séamus Malekafzali
Dec 16, 2025
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Who is Abu Shabab? The Gaza militia leader Israel says it is arming - and  Hamas wants to kill | CNN
Yasser Abu Shabab, in the uniform of the Anti-Terror Service, directing UN aid convoys.

In June, the Center for Peace Communications, a pro-Israel NGO, carried an “exclusive” message, a first public statement, from the leader of an anti-Hamas militia inside Gaza. Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of the so-called Popular Forces based out of eastern Rafah, cl…

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