'What's wrong?': How Israel trained and armed an ISIS-linked Gazan militia

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved this secret operation to support a Palestinian militia to guard the humanitarian aid – all while concealing the truth from the public

"What's wrong with that?" With these four supposedly innocent words, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu caused additional damage to any chance of ending the war in Gaza and returning the hostages. This is how Netanyahu reacted last week to MK Avigdor Lieberman's revelation that the Israeli security establishment has been operating an armed militia in Gaza, whose personnel are affiliated with ISIS. The leader of the militia is Yasser Abu Shabab, a member of a large Bedouin family from Rafah.

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'What's wrong?': How Israel trained and armed an ISIS-linked Gazan militia

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