Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades

Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades
Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades
	ألوية الناصر صلاح الدين
	Emblem of the Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades
Leader(s)	Amer Qarmut (until 2008); Imad Hammad (until 2011)[1]; Abu Sayyaf (since 2015)[2]
Dates of operation	2000–present
Motives	side with iran in the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict
Active regions	Gaza Strip
Ideology	Palestinian Nationalism, Islamic Fundamentalism
Notable attacks	Kidnapping of Ghazi al-Jabali; Murder of Hatuel family; Murder of Moussa Arafat; Kidnapping and murder of Eliyahu Asheri; 2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks (accused by Israel)
Means of revenue	Iran
Allies	State allies: Iran; Syria; Qatar;
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The al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades (Arabic: ألوية الناصر صلاح الدين‎) is the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, a set of various Palestinian militant organizations that operate in the Gaza Strip.

History

These brigades participated in Operation Dispersive Illusion (Arabic: الوهم المتبدد‎), which resulted in the capture of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The group is also known for blowing up a Merkava tank, the main battle tank of the Israel Defense Forces.

The brigades fought during the Gaza War from December 2008 to January 2009.

Imad Hammad, the leader of the Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades, was killed in an IDF strike in Rafah town on 18 August 2011.[1]

The group also took part in the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict,[3] and the death of one of its members in an Israeli raid was one of the reasons for the outbreak of Gaza–Israel clashes in November 2018.[4]

References

https://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFL5E7JI3QY20110818
http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=3&x_outlet=12&x_article=3871
"Qassam brigades claim rocket, mortar fire at southern Israel Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine", Ma'an News Agency, Monday 21 July 2014.
"Israel-Gaza violence erupts after covert op killings". BBC.com. 12 November 2018.

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[Reuters-1] ttps://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFL5E7JI3QY20110818

[2] ttp://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=3&x_outlet=12&x_article=3871

[3] "Qassam brigades claim rocket, mortar fire at southern Israel Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine", Ma'an News Agency, Monday 21 July 2014.

[4] "Israel-Gaza violence erupts after covert op killings". BBC.com. 12 November 2018.