Yasser Abu Shabab

Yasser Jihad Mansour Abu Shabab (27 February 1990 or 19 December 1993 – 4 December 2025) was a Palestinian militant who was the founding leader of the Popular Forces, an anti-Hamas armed group in the Gaza Strip. He was a Bedouin of the Tarabin tribe. Critics have denounced him as the "Pablo Escobar of Gaza".

Abu Shabab emerged as a local opposition figure to Hamas during the Gaza war. In May 2024, his group began looting aid trucks, claiming he was providing security for humanitarian aid convoys entering Gaza during the Rafah offensive. Abu Shabab was reportedly behind the Kerem Shalom aid convoy looting. Israel began providing Abu Shabab's group with weapons and equipment in 2025. Since June 2025, the group he led has control over some parts of eastern Rafah. Following Yasser Abu Shabab's death, Ghassan Duhine proclaimed himself the new leader of the Popular Forces.