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Gaza, not just Hamas: here is the map of all the major Palestinian groups armed and engaged in the fight against Israel

Hamas did not act alone to carry out the terrorist attacks against Israel. There are other terrorist groups that support the so-called Palestinian resistance. Here are the main militant groups operating in the Gaza area

Gaza, not just Hamas: here is the map of all the major Palestinian groups armed and engaged in the fight against Israel

In addition to Hamas There are other groups engaged in the fight against Israel in Gaza. Following the elections for the Palestinian National Authority in 2006, the first and last democratic elections held, won by Hamas with 44% against 41% for Al-Fatah, in 2007 a real war broke out between the two factions. There military defeat of Al-Fatah in Gaza, it resulted in his total expulsion from the territory, with his head thrown from a window of a tall building. Since then the other groups Palestinian militants, including secular ones, to continue operating in Gaza, yes they allied and / or they submitted ad Hamas.

Movement for Islamic Jihad in Palestine (PIJ)

Il movement for Islamic Jihad in Palestine it's a'radical organization, designated as a terrorist by the European Council, the United States and Canada, as well as by Israel, is the second largest organization Palestinian militant in Gaza after Hamas, the government of the Strip. Since it was founded in 1981, the Islamic Jihad Movement has fired thousands of rockets and attempted innumerable ways to harm and kill Israeli civilians.

Founded by hardline Islamists, the group has its roots in Palestinian refugee camps and is believed to be made up today of a few thousand fighters. Considered one Iranian “proxy” force, its leadership is based in the Syrian capital, Damascus: according to Israel, the group receives millions of dollars in Iranian funding every year.

Since 2019, the movement has been responsible for firing hundreds of rockets at Israeli civilian targets, he said attempted to infiltrate Israel digging underground tunnels for attacks and shot at IDF soldiers at the Israeli border. He participated in the recent attack on Israeli territory from Gaza in coordination with Hamas, capturing around thirty Israeli hostages out of a total of one hundred and fifty apparently in the hands of Palestinian forces in Gaza.

Peoples Resistance Committee (PRC)

I Popular Resistance Committees are a large group of armed factions in Gaza. The armed wing of the PRC are the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, although in practice there appears to be no real distinction between the two and is currently led by Abu Yasser Shashnyeh. I am the third armed group largest in Gaza, after the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades (IQB) of Hamas and the Al-Quds Brigades (AQB) of Islamic Jihad. They are strong allies of Hamas and Islamic Jihad and staffed the Gaza police force.

Hamas reportedly placed the group's former leader, Jamal Abu Samhadana, head of its paramilitary executive force after winning the 2006 elections PRC is inspired by Islamist ideology. Israel accuses Iran of supporting and financing the PRC.

During the Second Intifada, the PRC coalesced around Fatah members in the southern Gaza Strip opposed to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Oslo Accords. Most of the fighters were from I Tanzer, the militant faction of the Palestinian Fatah movement, led by Marwan Barghouti, currently in Israeli prisons sentenced to life imprisonment, and officers of the Palestinian Authority's intelligence and police forces."

In April 2001, Yasser Arafat he would have ordered it dissolution of the PRC and the return of its fighters to their original security institutions. However, PRC leaders refused to comply. The PRC is now believed to also include former PFLP members. The PRC participated in joint military operations with Islamic Jihad, including the capture and detention of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2006. They are believed to be responsible for a minority of the rocket fire from Gaza witnessed in early 2017, as well as the 17 February 2017 IED (improvised explosive device) attack on IDF soldiers at the Gaza border.

In September 2005, they claimed thekilling of Moussa Arafat (cousin of Yasser Arafat and former head of the Palestinian security services) in Gaza, and are also linked to the killing of 3 American diplomats in Gaza in October 2003.

Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades – PFLP

Le Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades are the armed arm of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). They work in both the West Bank and Gaza. Has done car bomb attacks e suicide against Israeli targets (including civilians) in Jerusalem and the West Bank during the Second Intifada.

One of their notable operations was themurder of the Israeli Minister of Agriculture Rehavam Ze'evi in October 2001. This was after Israel had assassinated the then general secretary of the PFLP Abu Ali Mustafa. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) is the second largest faction and the main opposition force to Fatah within the PLO, and defines himself as a socialist group revolutionary, it has been in decline since the 80s following the collapse of the Soviet Union, which had been its main benefactor. His position was further challenged by the emergence of non-PLO groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Despite being a secular group, it remains operating in alliance with Hamas, Islamic Jihad and PRC in Gaza for some time and participated in recent attacks on Israel in coordination with them.

Martyrs Brigades of al-Aqsa-Nidal al-Amoudi (AMB-NA) – Fatah

Le Brigades of the Martyrs of al-Aqsa-Nidal al-Amoudi (AMB-NA) are an armed Palestinian group operating in Gaza. As the name suggests, it is a splinter group formed by members of the Fatah-aligned al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (AMB) who refused to lay down their arms or integrate the Palestinian Authority security forces following the end of the Second Intifada.

Salafi-Jihadi

A small number of different groups Salafi-jihadists was formed following Hamas' takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2007. Some of these groups were formed by disgruntled Hamas members who had become increasingly critical of what they saw as a softening of stances towards Israel . Other groups were formed from clans to gain political legitimacy. Salafi-jihadist groups have only a marginal presence and are held in the grip of Hamas.

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