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The Israeli army radio announced the assassination of Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of the armed militia east of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, by unknown persons. The radio stated that the initial estimates of the Israeli authorities suggest that Abu Shabab may have been killed by a member of his group. The radio quoted a source inside Israel as saying that the killing of Abu Shabab is considered a "bad development" for Israel.
Channel 12 reported that Abu Shabab died in Soroka Hospital due to his injuries, suggesting that what happened to him was related to an internal dispute within the family. In contrast, Al Jazeera correspondent Fatima Khomaisi stated that the details of the incident are still preliminary and conflicting, but Israeli media agree that he was assassinated. The information reported by the Israeli military radio indicates that two members of Hamas were behind the operation, after the movement managed to gather accurate intelligence about Abu Shabab from sources close to him. According to Israeli media, Abu Shabab was active in the Rafah area and cooperated with the occupation army, which was relying on him to form an administrative model in the area away from Hamas' influence, despite the great popular rejection of this path, with direct protection provided to him by the Israeli forces. It is worth mentioning that Yasser Abu Shabab was born in Rafah in 1990 and belongs to the Al-Tarabin tribe. He was detained by the security services before October 7, 2023 on criminal charges, before being released after the occupation's bombing of security headquarters in the Strip. His name came to prominence after the operation in which the Al-Qassam Brigades announced the targeting of a force of "Musta'arabiin" east of Rafah on May 30, 2025, where it was revealed that there were recruited agents working for the occupation, according to the description of the resistance, with the "Yasser Abu Shabab gang".
