Shehab has published a new interview with Hamas’ Jasser al-Barghouti on the shahīd Qassam leader Izz al-Din al-Beik “Hamas Official to ‘Shehab’: Assassinating Qassam Commanders Will Not End the Resistance or Give Netanyahu a Way Out of His Political Crises Jasser al-Barghouti, an official in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), affirmed that assassinating resistance commanders would neither break the Palestinian people’s will nor end their resistance. It would not give Benjamin Netanyahu, the head of the occupation government, the way out he seeks from his political and electoral crises. At dawn today, ‘Israeli’ occupation aircraft assassinated Izz al-Din al-Beik, commander of the Northern Brigade of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, in a strike on a residential apartment in Gaza City. In an exclusive statement to ‘Shehab’ on Tuesday, al-Barghouti said: ‘Netanyahu believes he can exploit the assassination of the shahīd commander Izz al-Din al-Beik to strengthen his position and improve his electoral prospects.’ Al-Barghouti emphasized that Izz al-Din al-Beik and his comrades had breached the security and military establishment’s defenses on 7 October. Electoral calculations could not obscure the fact that the conflict stems from the occupation and its continuing violations against the Palestinian people, their land, and their holy sites. He noted that ‘Israeli’ politics was entering an electoral period in which Palestinian blood would become a major arena of competition among Zionist parties. The Hamas official added that the Zionist mentality remained fundamentally unchanged. Successive electoral contests in ‘Israel’ had brought repeated attempts to exploit Palestinian blood, land, and holy sites for domestic political advantage. The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, mourned Izz al-Din ‘Abd al-Aziz al-Beik, Abu Hamza, commander of the Northern Brigade and a member of the Brigades’ General Military Council. They announced that he had met his shahāda in an assassination at dawn on Tuesday, 29 September 2026. In a military statement, the Brigades recounted his years of service in command positions. He commanded the Northern Brigade’s first special unit during the al-Aqsa Intifada, took command of the Shahīd Imad ‘Aql Battalion in 2009, and assumed responsibility for the brigade’s military intelligence in 2015. The statement added that al-Beik had served as one of the commanders of the ‘Tufan al-Aqsa’ operations room and helped oversee the 7 October operation. He later succeeded Ahmad al-Ghandour, Abu Anas, as commander of the Northern Brigade. Qassam stated that al-Beik had directed combat operations in northern Gaza through successive rounds of the war. He and the brigade’s fighters held out for 107 days during the siege of northern Gaza, which the occupation authorities designated the ‘Generals’ Plan’. The Brigades reaffirmed their commitment to continuing the resistance. They stressed that the blood of al-Beik and his brothers would continue to inspire them to fight.”

A woman who escaped from Akram Jarqoun’s militia recounts horrific details of the collaborator militia. A newly published article by the resistance platform, ‘Pursuit of the Fifth Column’, reads: “A woman who has repented and escaped from the gang led by the collaborator Akram Jarqoun recounts horrifying details, revealing the rape, torture, abuse, and cold-blooded murder suffered by those who joined the occupation militias. The fugitive woman revealed details of a rape and suspension that lasted an entire day without pause, punctuated by the murder of two young men and the desecration of their bodies by Akram Jarjoune. The woman recounted being suspended in the air for seven hours, during which Akram Jarghun cut off part of her ear and attempted to amputate her limbs with a saw he had brought specifically from the occupied territories. Another woman, along with the woman who recounted the details, was subjected to repeated rape by a number of occupation agents, led by Akram Jarjoune, who forced her husband and several young men to watch the entire incident. Akram Jarghun killed the two young men, Abu Ibrahim Abdeen and Ahmad Khamis, mutilated their bodies, and buried them before anyone could notice the details of the crime. Who is Akram Jarqoun? The name of the collaborator known as Akram Jarqoun has emerged as one of the most prominent field operatives tasked by the Israeli General Security Service (Shin Bet) with leading militias of collaborators and outlaws in the eastern areas of Khan Yunis, amid desperate attempts to lure young men and exploit the destitution and poverty left in the wake of the war. Agent Akram Jargoon’s emergence on the scene of collaboration was no coincidence; rather, it is the result of a long history of ties to the occupation, as he had previously been arrested during the Palestinian Authority era on charges of collaborating with the occupation. Akram Jarghun’s crimes go beyond national treason to include direct murder; information indicates his involvement in the killing of a citizen from the Madi family while he was fleeing in Rafah, and the killing of a young man from the Al-Hour family at the Al-Tahlia Roundabout in Khan Yunis, making him wanted not only by the national justice system but also by the victims’ families seeking blood vengeance. Information received—including confessions by his brother Bassam prior to his joining the proxy militia—confirms that Akram met with Mossad officers in Egypt and at the Tahliya Roundabout in the Gaza Strip to coordinate the formation of armed field gangs operating under the cover of the occupation, aimed at destabilizing the home front and providing security cover for the movements of the Israeli occupation army. The Scandals of Akram Jarjoun In his current activities, the criminal agent Akram Jarjoun is focusing on attempting to drag the names of long-established Palestinian families into his suspicious schemes, foremost among them the Barbakh family in central Khan Yunis. By luring some young people with a pittance, the agent Akram Jargoon aims to create a rift within the family and undermine the prestige of its esteemed leader, Osama Barbakh, who is known for his conscious nationalist stance and his categorical rejection of these suspicious activities Observers believe that Jargoon’s attempts to whitewash his disreputable reputation by dragging honorable families into his schemes are a desperate move that will clash with the awareness of the clans, who refuse to serve as a cover for new village associations. The strategy of the agent known as Akram Jarghun relies on ‘poisoning the well’—offering money and services under the guise of assistance, while the true goal is to recruit young people and turn them into instruments of subversion.”

From the Qassam Brigades ‘“The brigade will not fall, sir, For within it, you give voice to valor. You departed, your steps toward shahāda inspiring awe, Yet you remain among us a pillar of dignity.” Exclusive footage of our shahīd, the senior commander: Izz al-Din al-Beik Abu Hamza Commander of the Northern Brigade.’

Newly published photo by the resistance of three shahīds (left to right): Izz al-Din al-Beik (“Abu Hamza”), Ahmad al-Ghandour (“Abu Anas”), and Yahya al-Sinwar (“Abu Ibrahim”).

Hassan Salameh, Palestinian prisoner threatened by Ben Gvir, describes in this video how he received military training in Iran "Mohammed Deif sent me abroad to train" He mentions 3 states hosting Hamas camps: Assad's Syria Turabi's Sudan Khamenei's Iran

*Exposing the Agent: Jihad Miqdad* Agent Jihad Miqdad is from the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City. He is a member of Ashraf al-Mansi’s armed collaborator militia, which operates in northern Gaza, particularly east of Jabalia, Beit Lahia, and Beit Hanoun, in and around areas beyond the ‘Yellow Line.’ His militia has been implicated in attempted abductions, attacks on civilians, the detention and abuse of its own members, the transfer of Palestinians into ‘Israeli’ military custody, looting aid trucks, and trafficking narcotics. Sources close to the matter today confirm that Jihad Miqdad had “a long history of heinous crimes and cases involving drug and hashish use before the aggression.” He has been arrested several times and has spent many years in prison. During this period, his relationship with Ashraf al-Mansi grew closer. After joining al-Mansi’s militia, Miqdad attempted to lure his wife and family into joining him at the militia’s headquarters. However, his clan took a firm stand, refusing to have anything to do with him or provide him with any form of social support. Faced with this firm rejection, Miqdad resorted to blackmail and intimidation. He called his family and openly threatened them, saying, “I’m going to bomb the house with an F-16.” Less than half an hour later, the family received another call from a private number. The caller claimed to be from the “occupation army” and demanded that the family’s house and nearby schools sheltering displaced people be evacuated. It later emerged that the caller was none other than al-Mansi himself. This was a blatant attempt to terrorize the family into relocating into the militia’s headquarters.

*Activists in Gaza Continue Championing Ansar Allah* Gaza writer and activist Ayman al-Hafi, whose mother Sana’a al-Hafi was imprisoned in 2016 after being convicted of transferring funds to Hamas, has today published a message in solidarity with Ansar Allah. Amidst the present fighting, al-Hafi launched a powerful invective against the sectarian online campaign spurred by Palestinian-Lebanese writer and longtime columnist for the Qatari outlet ‘al-Watan’ Adham Sharqawi. Al-Hafi invoked al-Qassam spokesman Abu Obeida, who had denounced those who abandoned Gaza while lionizing the Yemenis as the “Brothers of Truth.” After Sharqawi joined the anti-Ansar Allah sectarian campaign by posting an image of himself in Yemeni dress, al-Hafi sardonically responded: “The people whom the masked man described as the ‘Brothers of Truth,’ and were it not for the distances, by God, I have no doubt that they would have been with us in the Strip … these are your ‘Rafidite’ enemies, Sharqawi?”

*Internal Strife in the al-Mansi Militia* Ashraf al-Mansi heads an armed collaborator militia operating in northern Gaza, particularly east of Jabalia, Beit Lahia, and Beit Hanoun, in and around areas beyond the Yellow Line. A new security scandal has illuminated internal strife in the group concerning the detention of several members and commanders inside the militia’s headquarters east of Gaza. One such case involves collaborator Mahmoud Awad, who was considered a close friend of Ashraf al-Mansi and subsequently joined his militia. Following a failed escape attempt, Awad is now reportedly being held in a secret cell run by al-Mansi himself. He joins a growing list of armed members detained on suspicion of disloyalty or following repeated attempts to escape. Awad’s detention highlights the atmosphere of suspicion and lack of trust within al-Mansi’s militia. According to the resistance platform, ‘Pursuit of the Fifth Column,’ “Relations between the militia’s leadership and its members are no longer based on loyalty or a common objective. Instead, they have increasingly come to resemble a relationship between hostages and jailers. Al-Mansi has turned his headquarters into makeshift detention centers for pursuing members fearful of their anticipated fate, amid a growing number of individual and collective attempts to escape and distance themselves from the stigma of national treason. The incident also illustrates the intelligence tactics through which ‘Israeli’ Shin Bet officers manage these mercenary militias. The Shin Bet treats these mercenaries as ‘fighting cocks’ confined within a closed arena. When armed disputes erupt among militia leaders over funding and control, occupation officers simply observe and fuel the conflict, waiting for one side to finish off the other or deliver its rival to the occupation in order to consolidate control.” This pattern apparently recurs whenever a new figure rises within the militias, threatening the leadership. Ashraf al-Mansi and Osama al-Sultan have thus imprisoned fellow collaborator Ahmad al-Samāʿna and his family alongside close associates such as Mahmoud Awad.

On the second anniversary of the pager attack in Lebanon, this young man from the Hizbu’llah movement is asked what he feels today, having “sacrifice[d]” his eyes “for Gaza,” to which he replies that he feels nothing but “dignity and pride.” The video has been shared across various Palestinian and Gazan channels today as demonstrative of the brotherly kinship between the resistance movements’ cadres.

New details revealed about the Palestinian resistance’s 16 September 2026 ambush of collaborator agents: The occupation’s militias were struck almost simultaneously in the northern and southern Gaza Strip. Their members fell into carefully planned resistance ambushes, leaving several dead or wounded. ‘Israeli’ warplanes and military vehicles intervened directly to provide cover for the evacuation. In Khan Yunis, a group affiliated with collaborator Shawqi Abu Nasira set out at approximately 7:30 a.m. to serve as ‘tracking dogs’ and conduct tracking operations on behalf of the occupation forces. After the group advanced into the area, resistance forces caught its members in a carefully prepared ambush. Several sustained direct injuries, while others were killed. An ‘Apache’ helicopter manned by the occupation forces landed at the scene to evacuate the dead and wounded. This indicates the importance of some of the collaborators targeted in the resistance ambush. In the north, several members of Ashraf al-Mansi’s group infiltrated the northern section of Jabalia Camp at dawn on Wednesday. They soon fell into another ambush, resulting in confirmed casualties. According to testimony from people who fled the militia camps, the number of dead and wounded was significant. The gangs are expected to conceal the identities of those killed, as reportedly occurred recently in the al-Khulafa al-Rashidin area of the northern Gaza Strip. Both incidents were accompanied by intensive ‘Israeli’ air and artillery cover. This provided protection on the ground while the dead and wounded were evacuated from the two ambush sites.

*The Avichay Adraee Network, We Want to Live and the June 26 Movement* I am proud to share this peer-reviewed research article I have authored, “The Avichay Adraee Network, We Want to Live and the June 26 Movement,” published by the al-Zaytouna Centre for Research and Consultations in Beirut. This article, which was the byproduct of years of close research, traces the genealogy of what Palestinian activists and resistance actors have increasingly described as the “Avichay Adraee Network,” a transnational Arabic-language media ecosystem linking normalization initiatives, anti-Hamas activism, and collaborator formations in Gaza. Beginning with the 2019 “We Want to Live” protests and following the evolution of actors such as Moumen al-Natour, the study examines the emergence of interconnected institutions, including the Center for Peace Communications, the Arab Council for Regional Integration, and Jusoor News. It argues that these organizations cultivated a shared media and political infrastructure that, following the outbreak of Operation al-Aqsa Flood, expanded beyond advocacy into projects focused on alternative governance, “safe zones,” and the promotion of post-Hamas political arrangements. By situating the “June 26 Movement” within this broader trajectory, the article contends that the “Avichay Adraee Network” represents the culmination of a years-long effort to construct a soft-power apparatus capable of shaping political discourse, cultivating local intermediaries, and advancing new forms of political organization in Gaza. This article is, to my knowledge, the most extensive historical study of this network. Alongside my Electronic Intifada article, I consider it to be my most important piece of research yet. It is linked below.

*Update on the Collaborator File & June 26 Movement” From a local source in Gaza: “‘Israeli’ drones throughout Gaza are using loudspeakers to incite people to join the incendiary ‘June 26 Movement’ protest that took place a short while ago. The meager size of the protest speaks for itself—and so do those collaborators organizing it.” Meanwhile people young and old have gathered throughout Gaza to march for a different movement altogether—to show their support for Hamas, waving the movement’s green flags. This photo by Mustafa al-Raisi was taken just a short while ago.