Armed militia members are serving as Israeli agents in Gaza: Investigation

Al Jazeera documentary identifies Gaza armed groups working with Israeli forces, tracking their movements and training sites.Published On 6 Feb 2026Al Jazeera is set to release a new investigation on armed groups in Gaza accused of collaborating with the Israeli military against Palestinians, detailing their names, movements and training locations, as Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave continues unabated.The investigation, a new episode of the programme What is Hidden is Greater, by Al Jazeera journalist Tamer Almisshal, will be broadcast at 9pm in Doha (18:00 GMT) on Friday. It includes audio and video material that the network says documents how individuals inside Gaza were recruited and operated.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli strikes kill more than 20 in Gaza, shatter ‘ceasefire’ mythlist 2 of 3Here’s why Israel is allowing record murder rates in its Palestinian townslist 3 of 3Gaza patients head to Rafah crossing as people return amid Israeli attacksend of listThe investigation reveals how the armed groups have been moving freely from northern to southern Gaza behind the so-called “yellow line” – the self-proclaimed demarcation line, effectively a buffer zone, where the Israeli army is entrenched under the first phase of the Gaza “ceasefire” that came into effect in October.Israel has repeatedly violated the “ceasefire” on a near-daily basis, killing more than 525 Palestinians.Israeli military maps indicate the line extends 1.5km and 6.5km (0.9 to 4 miles) inside Gaza from its eastern boundary with Israel and covers roughly 58 percent of the enclave.According to the investigation, these armed groups face multiple accusations of collaborating with the Israeli occupation, amid growing evidence that they move within areas prohibited to Palestinians under the ceasefire agreement, allegations that some of these groups have publicly denied.Last June, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly admitted the country was using armed gangs in the devastated coastal enclave to help fight Hamas, the ruling entity in Gaza.