In a segment released on Tuesday, the UK's Channel 4 News reported on the rise of the Israel-backed militia in Gaza led by former drug trafficker Yasser Abu Shabab.
Reportedly numbering around 300 men according to Channel 4, the militia grew infamous in Gaza over the past year as residents accused the gang of looting aid trucks entering the strip in areas under Israel's military control.
For months, many questioned how Israeli forces could let the gang loot aid in areas under its control without intervening. Since then, Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu admitted his government was supporting the gang. Abu Shabab has now been placed in charge of aid distribution at sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, where several shootings of Palestinians seeking aid have taken place over recent weeks.
Reportedly numbering around 300 men according to Channel 4, the militia grew infamous in Gaza over the past year as residents accused the gang of looting aid trucks entering the strip in areas under Israel's military control.
For months, many questioned how Israeli forces could let the gang loot aid in areas under its control without intervening. Since then, Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu admitted his government was supporting the gang. Abu Shabab has now been placed in charge of aid distribution at sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, where several shootings of Palestinians seeking aid have taken place over recent weeks.
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