Who was Yasser Abu Shabab, the Israel-backed militia leader killed in Gaza?
Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of an Israeli-backed militia in Gaza has been killed.

Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of an Israeli-backed militia in Gaza has been killed.
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The presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have signed the “Washington Accord” peace deal.
![US President Donald Trump (C) hosts the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame (L) and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi (R) at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2025. [Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP] (AFP)](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AFP__20251204__876B4DQ__v1__HighRes__UsRwandaDrcDiplomacyTrump_cropped-1764876353.jpg?resize=270%2C152&quality=80)
Stalled Moscow talks with the US and Vladimir Putin offered little relief to Ukrainians reeling from years of war.
![People walk in front of a residential building damaged after a recent air attack, in Kyiv on Dec. 3, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [Genya Savilov/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-1764865780.jpg?resize=270%2C152&quality=80)
Video captured an Israeli strike destroying a building in southern Lebanon, this time in al-Majadel.
![An Israeli strike hits a building in southern Lebanon's al-Majadel on December 4, 2025. [Screenshot via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/israel_al-Majadel_lebanon_strike_4_dec_2025-1764864997.jpg?resize=270%2C152&quality=80)
Parents in rural Nigeria still have no idea what has happened to their children weeks after kidnappers abducted 300.
![Monica Ishaku is the mother of two children abducted from the St. Mary's Catholic School in Nigeria. Two weeks after 300 students and staff were taken, there has been no word on their location or condition. [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Monia_Ishaku_nigerian_mother_of_kidnapped_children_students-1764860485.jpg?resize=270%2C152&quality=80)
Indonesian mother Sri Yuni Pardede fled with her baby as landslides struck her community in North Tapanuli.

Donald Trump has doubled down on his attacks on Somali-Americans, saying Somali immigrants have “destroyed our country”.

Some of Gaza’s most treasured landmarks were badly damaged by Israel during the war.

The Afghan refugee who shot two US national guardsmen in Washington DC is a veteran of the CIA’s shadowy Zero Units.

In an annual GCC meeting, Abdullatif Alzayani stated that member states stand “shoulder-to-shoulder” against any threat.

Israel says the Rafah Crossing between Gaza and Egypt will open in the coming days, but only for Palestinians leaving.
