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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 652

Yasser Abu Shabab

Hamas gunmen at the expected handover of the bodies of four dead hostages, including Shiri Bibas and her two young children, in Khan Younis, south Gaza on February 20, 2025 (Saeed Mohammed/Flash90)
July 7, 2025, 2:40 pm
Senior Hamas commander says group’s control over Gaza has ‘completely collapsed’
BBC report quotes wounded Hamas officer as saying terror group struggling to pay salaries, has lost control of 80% of Gaza and has seen nearly all senior leadership figures killed
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and AFP
Sgt. Yaniv Michalovitch, 19, of the 7th Armored Brigade. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 2, 2025, 10:58 pm
Soldier killed in northern Gaza, 3 others seriously hurt; rockets fired at Sderot
Slain soldier named as Sgt. Yaniv Michalovitch, 19; Palestinian media claims head of Gaza City hospital killed in IDF strike alongside wife, 3 kids; 7 allegedly killed near aid site
By Stav Levaton, Nurit Yohanan, AFP and ToI Staff
A gunman from the Abu Ziyad clan, who appeared in a video in which the family demanded that Hamas hand over operatives responsible for killing one of its relatives. June 2025. (screen capture: Facebook, 27a clause of the copyright law)
July 2, 2025, 4:53 pm
Threats or nuisance? After years of cooperation, some Gaza clans rise up against Hamas
As the war drags on and aid supplies are increasingly precious, large, heavily armed clans in the southern Strip are openly defying the terror group. Could they be viable partners for Israel?
By Nurit Yohanan
People walking next to pictures of hostages held by terrorists in Gaza, in Jerusalem, July 2, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 2, 2025, 2:28 pm
Responding to Trump, Hamas says Gaza deal must ‘clearly lead to complete end’ of war
PM stresses that goals of eliminating Hamas and freeing hostages ‘work together’; 14 said killed in strikes in Gaza; Hamas gives boss of clan armed by Israel 10 days to surrender
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Nurit Yohanan
Illustrative: Hamas gunmen stand in formation ahead of a hostage release in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, February 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
June 27, 2025, 7:32 pm
Weakened Hamas faces rebel clans, doubts over Tehran’s backing after Israel-Iran war
Hamas needs a truce so it can address humanitarian crisis, quash growing dissent and regain control of Strip amid rise of Israeli-backed clan, sources close to the terror group say
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Members of the Abu Shabab gang in Gaza are seen in an undated video posted by the group. (screen capture: Facebook, 27a clause of the copyright law)
June 13, 2025, 9:54 am
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Has Israel finally launched a counterinsurgency in Gaza?
ToI’s diplomatic reporter on Israel’s arming of the southern Gaza criminal gang headed by Yasser Abu Shabab, a former drug smuggler turned humanitarian aid protector
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Members of the Abu Shabab gang in Gaza are seen in an undated video posted by the group. (screen capture: Facebook, 27a clause of the copyright law)
June 8, 2025, 2:24 pm
Head of Gaza militia cited denying Israel support, demanding Hamas cede power
In unverified quotes, anti-Hamas militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab says coordination with Israel would only take place through mediators and for humanitarian purposes
By ToI Staff
Members of the Abu Shabab gang in Gaza, in screen captures from a recent video posted by the group. (screen capture: Facebook)
June 5, 2025, 11:32 pm
Arab envoy: Netanyahu’s arming of Gaza gang shows ‘he’s learned little since Oct. 7’
Ambassador laments Israeli PM’s unabated effort to weaken PA, warning that latest effort to divide Palestinians ‘increases chances of Somalia-like scenario’ in the Strip
By Jacob Magid
Members of the Abu Shabab gang in Gaza are seen in an undated video posted by the group. (screen capture: Facebook, 27a clause of the copyright law)
June 5, 2025, 5:32 pm
Israel providing guns to Gaza gang to bolster opposition to Hamas
Security cabinet wasn’t informed of plan to start arming Abu Shabab group, which was created in Rafah last year and has its roots in looting aid trucks
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
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