Israeli collaborator and militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab, the man most wanted by Hamas, was reportedly killed in Gaza on Thursday, according to local media.

Several Israeli outlets carried the reports, though none provided details on who killed him.

Some accounts said he was killed in an ambush, while others claimed he was shot by a member of his own militia or during internal clashes.

The notorious convicted criminal was armed and provided with air cover by Israeli forces.

Since emerging as a militia leader, he had operated from eastern Rafah, an area under full Israeli control.