A Hamas-run court in Gaza has ordered Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of a criminal group allegedly backed by Israel, to surrender himself for trial.

In a statement, Yasser Abu Shabab, an armed gang leader opposed to Hamas, is accused of treason, forming an illegal armed gang, and leading an armed rebellion.

Hamas’s Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday that a court has issued a 10-day ultimatum to Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of a Gazan militia, to surrender or face trial.

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The reality is more complicated. Israeli officials have acknowledged providing weapons to Abu Shabab’s militia, as part of an operation to arm local groups to counter Hamas.

Yasser Abu Shabab is the leader of a Palestinian militia in southern Gaza that Israeli officials say they have armed as part of an effort to undermine Hamas. Mr.

Abu Ubaida (C) spokesman of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, speaks during a memorial in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on ...

A former Hamas hostage slammed the Pulitzer Prize board for awarding a Gaza poet and New Yorker contributor who disputed her and others’ status as captives.

A former Israeli hostage captured during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack slammed the Pulitzer Prize Board for awarding Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha the highest journalism award.

Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, said he would not have supported such an attack on Israel had he known of the devastation it would wreak on Gaza.

A Hamas spokesman on Monday accused Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement with the group, including targeting Palestinians in Gaza with airstrikes, and said that next Saturday’s hostage ...

Hussein Fayyad Abu Hamza, a commander in Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, was filmed by NBC News as he walked around Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, greeting civilians. Israel ...