Hamas and Israel-backed gang engage in battle of attrition

The ranks of a shadowy, Israeli-backed gang in southern Gaza are swelling, with its armed members attacking Hamas operatives and their families, as well as gathering intelligence on behalf of Israel’s military. Sources told that Hamas has hit back at the gang, known as the Yasser Abu Shabab Popular Forces, by quietly eliminating its members and supporters. “Hamas is assassinating them in the range of five to seven a day,” a sources said. “It’s the latest chapter in a history of enmity between Hamas and armed gangs and families opposed to its rule in Gaza,” it added.