*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.