Anti-Hamas militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab was killed on Thursday in an “internal clash” in the southern Gaza Strip, Times of Israel reported, citing Israeli defence sources. According to the sources, Abu Shabab was taken to a hospital in Israel, where he died of his wounds. Abu Shabab, a Bedouin tribal leader based in Israeli-held Rafah, led the most prominent of several small anti-Hamas groups that emerged in Gaza during the war. The Ynet news site cited a “senior source within the militia,” who said a fight broke out between families and groups within the militia, which deteriorated until shots were fired, at which point Abu Shabab was killed. Ynet later cited an Israeli security official as saying he was beaten to death as part of an argument over collaborating with Israel. Wh

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