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Palestinian factions threaten 'traitor' Abu Shabab over collaboration with Israel

7 July 2025 15:57 BST

Palestinian resistance factions have condemned the leader of an Israel-backed armed gang in Gaza, accusing them of operating to protect the occupation's interests. 

The Joint Room for Palestinian Resistance Factions, otherwise known as the Palestinian Joint Operations Room, described Yasser Abu Shabab as a "traitor for hire" in a statement on Sunday.

"The mercenary traitor called Yasser Abu Shabab and his gang are a group outside the ranks of our homeland. They are completely stripped of their Palestinian identity, and their blood is forfeited by all our resistance factions," the statement read.

The factions said that amid the wide-scale starvation in the besieged enclave, the Popular Forces - lead by 35-year-old Abu Shabab - are a "traitorous group that refuses to do anything but serve as a tool in the hands of the usurping occupier".

The Joint Operations Room added that the gang operates under the protection and supervision of the Israeli military.

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