Abu Shabab is the leader of the popular forces, a criminal group in southern Gaza considered to be supported by Israel.
A court managed by Hamas in Gaza ordered Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of a criminal group allegedly supported by Israel, to go for judgment.
The Revolutionary Court of the Military Judicial Authority of Gaza gave the leader of the 35 -year -old Popular Forces group who is accused of having collaborated with Israel to plunder humanitarian aid, 10 days to go.
Abu Shabab faces accusations of betrayal, collaborating with hostile entities, forming an armed gang and an armed rebellion, said the court on Wednesday, adding that he would be tried in absentia if he did not go.
Popular forces have published an answer on a Facebook page which generally carries its advertisements, describing the prescription of the court as a “sitcom which does not scare us, and it does not scare any free man who loves her homeland and his dignity”.
The group and its leader were put under the spotlight last month when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government had “activated” powerful local clans in Gaza on the advice of “security officials”.
The Israeli and Palestinian media have appointed the group as popular forces, a well -armed Bedouin clan led by Abu Shabab, including around 100 armed men.
The group later declared online that its members were involved in the care of assistance expeditions sent to distribution centers managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which Israel contracted to distribute the aid to the enclave.
The mass murders of aid seekers near the GHF distribution centers supported by the United States, which replaced the existing distribution networks managed by the United Nations and other experienced aid groups, have become an occurrence of routine.
The European Council for External Relations’ Reflection Group described Abu Shabab as the leader of a “criminal gang operating in the Rafah region which is largely accused of looting of aid trucks”.
He said he was previously imprisoned by Hamas for drug trafficking.
The court has urged Palestinians to inform Hamas security officials at the place where Abu Shabab, who has so far remained out of their reach in the Southern Gaza Rafah region held by Israeli troops.
He said that anyone who knows the location of Abu Shabab and does not report it would be considered to have hidden a fugitive to justice.
