Israel treated, evacuated Gazan collaborators after injuries from explosion in tunnel
Troops of the 401st Brigade operating in the Jabalya area in the northern Gaza Strip; illustrative. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)
After the explosion occurred, the IDF treated the Gazans at the scene with the IDF’s Search and Rescue Unit 669, evacuating them via helicopter for further medical treatment in Israel.
Israel evacuated Palestinians who became collaborators with the IDF over recent weeks for medical treatment, after they were injured in the past few days when a device exploded in a Gaza tunnel shaft, KAN News reported on Wednesday.
This incident occured while the Gazans were conducting searches alongside IDF soldiers in the northern part of the enclave.
These Gazans, some of whom have previous affiliation with Hamas, have knowledge of the terror tunnel network in the area, KAN reported
After the explosion occurred, the IDF treated the Gazans at the scene with the IDF’s Search and Rescue Unit 669, evacuating them via helicopter for further medical treatment in Israel, KAN clarified.
A similar incident occurred approximately two weeks ago, when the IDF rescued Gazan collaborators who were injured when a building collapsed on them during a search operation.
members of the Abu Shabab Popular Forces militia in the Gaza Strip. (credit: SCREENSHOT/X, SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT)
Who are the Popular Forces, one of the Gazan militias reportedly cooperating with Israel?
The Popular Forces, a Gazan militia led by Yaser Abu Shabab, has been linked with Israel.
On Saturday, Shabab wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal claiming to have “secured” several kilometers of land in the Gaza Strip. He also claimed that he now governed that space.
The Popular Forces took over land belonging to the Tarabin Bedouin tribe, of which Shabab is a member, he wrote while asserting that the militia’s “primary goal is to separate Palestinians who have nothing to do with Hamas from the fire of war.”
