Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas said its so-called Radea security force had “dealt a severe blow” to an armed group in Gaza it accuses of collaborating with Israel.
In a statement, Hamas said its Radea security force carried out an “operation early on Tuesday morning in the southern Gaza Strip, targeting the militia of fugitive Yasser Abu Shabab”.
Hamas added that it arrested “a number of members” of Abu Shabab’s Popular Forces group during the operation and confiscated “military equipment and tools used in their subversive activities”.
The statement added that the operation was carried out “as part of the ongoing deterrence operation against dens of treason”.
Hamas recently established the Radea unit, whose name translates to “deterrence” and whose purpose it says is to “enforce order”. –Agencies
