Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityAnalysis Palestinian sources say an Israel-backed militia helped seize a senior Hamas security official tasked with identifying Israeli agents, highlighting the groups' growing role in Israeli operations in the StripShare 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 formatSubscribeAmos HarelSeptember 02, 2026Last week, Haaretz published an extensive investigative report about Palestinian militias operating in the Gaza Strip in service of Israel. Soldiers told Haaretz that they followed militias on missions that involved war crimes. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:TerrorismIDF refuseniksHamasIDFShin BetGazaHaredim Israeli politicsIsrael-Gaza WarOctober 7CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesNetanyahu October 7Settlement Sanctions Israel-U.K.EisenkotJD VanceBen-GvirGazaIsrael ElectionHaQuizHaaretz PodcastJohn Malkovich Cancels Israel Performance Over Quotes Falsely Attributed to HimTrump: Iran War Will End 'Immediately' After the U.S. Midterm ElectionDenisovan Culture Revealed in Bat Cave in ChinaU.S. Jewish Umbrella Group Condemns Import Ban on Goods From Israeli SettlementsEarliest Known Drug Use and Its Consequences Discovered in IndonesiaRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Got an Explicit Warning Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Security ChiefsThink Bibi Is Bad? Meet Sara NetanyahuIMDb Replaces the Name Israel With 'The Occupied Palestinian Territories'Netanyahu Was Warned About October 7. Will Haaretz's Exposé Change Anything?Water Crisis Triggered by Gaza's Ruin: Israel Is Paying the Price of DestructionNetanyahu Says He Will Sue Haaretz Following Oct. 7 ExposéMore Stories to Explore