Current sectionIsrael NewsNational SecurityShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeMilitias in Gaza, from their Facebook profiles.A Haaretz investigation, based on IDF soldiers' testimonies, sources in Gaza and satellite imagery, reveals how Israel is cultivating a network of armed militias in GazaYarden Michaeli, Yaniv Kubovichand Jack Khoury02:21 PM • August 26 2026 IDTThe mission the soldiers were asked to carry out was unusual from the very first moment, even before things escalated and weapons were drawn. It was called a "coordinated activity" in the Khan Yunis area. The coordinators were Israeli soldiers serving in the Gaza Strip and members of an armed Palestinian militia opposed to Hamas. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:PalestiniansHamasGazaIsrael-Gaza WarCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesTzvi SuccotNetanyahuUNRWAHasan PikerWest BankOfer WinterIsrael Space PollHaQuizHaaretz Podcast'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Jewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'Meet the Discreet Netanyahu Backer Behind Two Propaganda InitiativesRight-wing Israeli Think Tank Hires Lobbyists to Push U.S. Withdrawal From UNShin Bet: Iranian Intel Trying to Hack Israeli Journalists' Phones and AccountsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With IsraelBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About ItDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?AIPAC's Last-minute Spending Spree Fails to Block California Progressive