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Another Set of Terrorists Surging up in Gaza





 Palestinian Hamas militants stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.
Palestinian Hamas militants stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.
(photo credit: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed)

Small armed anti-Hamas resistance groups are emerging in Gaza, recent reports indicate.

Regional media is taking notice of the groups, including in the Gulf, where the official line is that Hamas should not play a role in Gaza. In the UAE, Al-Ain media has a report on September 20 noting “Small armed groups are emerging in Gaza, but the crisis is much bigger: There is a local, regional, and international consensus in the Gaza Strip that Hamas cannot be part of any future solution for the Strip.”

This builds on previous reports that at least one armed group is backed by Israel and has a foothold against Hamas in Gaza.

The concept of using clans and tribes against Hamas goes back to the early days after the October 7, 2023 Hamas massacre. However, this strategy has not been extremely successful as the groups remain small. Hamas continues to control the lives of around 2 million people in Gaza. Around 500,000 of those people were recently forced to evacuate Gaza City due to the recent IDF offensive there.
Palestinian Hamas terrorists keep guard on the day Hamas handed over deceased hostages in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip February 20, 2025.  (credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo)
Palestinian Hamas terrorists keep guard on the day Hamas handed over deceased hostages in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip February 20, 2025. (credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo)
Yasser Abu Shabab was the first militia leader named as a possible anti-Hamas local leader. He had previously been mentioned in 2024 in the context of gang activities. The Washington Post described Shababa as a “tribal strongman.” The report said, “Yasser Abu Shabab, a militia leader, has set up a base in a part of southeastern Gaza that is under the control of the Israel Defense Forces.”

Shabab was said to be part of a large Bedouin tribe, and reports at The New Arab accused him of setting up “collaborator villages” in southern Gaza. This is part of the terminology that one must wade through in discussing these armed groups. Are they “collaborators” with Israel, or tribesmen, or anti-Hamas groups with wide appeal?



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