By AUDREY HOROWITZ and BASSEM MROUE

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli-backed Palestinian militia in Gaza said Thursday its leader, Yasser Abu Shabab, has been killed in a dispute with another family.

The militia, which calls itself the Popular Forces, said in a Facebook post that Abu Shabab was shot “as he tried to resolve a dispute” among members of the Abu Suneima family. The group underlined that he was not killed by Hamas.

The Popular Forces is one of several armed Palestinian groups supported by Israel that operate in the large portion of the Gaza Strip – about half the territory – still under Israeli military control.

The armed groups tout themselves as anti-Hamas nationalist forces but have been denounced by many Palestinians, including Abu Shabab’s family, as tools of the Israeli mil

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