The Israeli government was accused of collecting the Palestinian criminal gang, whose members allegedly plundered humanitarian aid in Gaza on a clear attempt to destabilize the lane and accuse the Hamas group.
Satellite images and videos checked by the Israeli newspaper Haarets They show that the new Palestinian police expanded its presence in South Gaza and works in the area under the direct control of Israeli defense forces.
The police, who was also accused of relations with jihadist groups, will be sent by a person known as Yasir Abu Shabab, who lives in Rafa and belonging to the Bedouin family, known at the local level for his participation in criminal activity and the robbery of humanitarian aid.
According to the media, the group of Abu Shabab, who calls itself the “service of anti -terrorism”, is formed by a hundred armed people operating in East Rafaha with the silent approval of the Israeli forces. He was qualified as a police and a criminal group.
Newspaper The times of Israel He quotes defense sources, which confirm that Israel provided to members of the fraction of rifles Abu Shabab Kalashnikov, including some types of weapons captured by Hamas. The operation was approved by the Israeli Security Cabinet and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the newspaper reports, noting that his article was approved for the publication of the military censor of Israel.
In the video published on social networks, late on Thursday, Netanyahu said that Israel “activated” some Palestinian clans in Gaza on the recommendation “responsible for safety” in order to save life from Israeli soldiers. The office of the Prime Minister said earlier that “Israel is working to defeat Hamas in various ways, on the recommendation of all leaders institution security “.
Former Minister of Defense and Deputy Opposition Avigdor Lieberman repeated the accusations and claimed that the Abu Shabab group was associated with the terrorist group of the Islamic state. “The Israeli government gives weapons to a group of criminals and criminals identified with the Islamic state on the orders of Prime Minister,” said Lieberman, who is headed by the Opposition Party of Israel Batein to public radio Kan.
The basis of Lieberman’s accusation in connection with IS is not clear. The Abu Shabab group was previously accused of participating in smuggling associated with the Egyptian jihadist groups that are located on the other side of the Rafach border.
The Safety Source told the Israeli Ynet environment that the weapons of Abu Shabab were approved and sent by the Israeli internal security service, Shin Bet, and confirmed that the operation was “planned and directed” in order to “reduce Israeli military victims while systematic analysis screens”.
IDF did not immediately respond to a request to Keeper To give your version.
Robbery and shots
In recent weeks, Abu Shabab published messages against Hamas and the Palestinian National Directorate, promoting the activities of his police on Facebook.
The connection of Abu Shabab with the Israeli troops was confirmed by his family, which last week published a statement, officially abandoning him. “For us, like everyone else, we were surprised by the video distributed by resistance, which showed the participation of Yasser groups in a dangerous security network, to such an extent that they work in secret units and supporting the Zionist occupation forces that brutally kill our people,” the statement said. “We confirm that we will not accept the return of Yasir to the family. We have no objections that those around him will immediately eliminate him. ”
By the visible, Abu Shabab assured that his group was protecting the convoys of assistance, while Hamas accused him of plundering them.
On May 28, Jonathan Witall, the head of the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territories, said: “Israel has publicly confirmed that the assistance of the UN and the heel is approximately the border passage (Israeli) cream with a shawl with gas.”
When Keeper He contacted him, Whitall confirmed that “he referred to groups such as Abu Shabab.”
On Wednesday, the union, which represents the truckers of the Gaza, said that he interrupted the transport transport inside the strip after the incident, when several truckers died from the shooting of armed people. The private transport association said that the strike in response to an incident in which a truck, which transported humanitarian aid, was attacked by armed people in the center of Gaza. “This crime is not the first of this type, but, of course, is the most serious of a series of repeated attacks, the purpose of which is the obstacle to assistance operations and preventing vital assistance from achieving hundreds of thousands of civilians who are faced with terrible humanitarian conditions,” the statement said.
Jihad Slayy, vice -president of a special transport association, who lost a relative, Muhammad Al Asara in an attack, says that he does not know who the militants are. Answering the question of whether he suspects that Abu Shabab was behind the murders, he replies: “I will not be surprised that I was involved in these attacks. This is a gangster. ”
Jamal Rishka contributed to this report. The text was translated by Eldiario.es