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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades كتائب شهداء الأقصى [a] Leader Yasser Arafat (former) Dates of operation 2000–present Ideology Palestinian nationalism Anti-Zionism Secularism Part of Fatah (until 2007) Allies Al-Qassam Brigades Al-Quds Brigades Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades ...
A variety of local Palestinian militias have been formed in the West Bank to fight against Israel, which has occupied the region since 1967.These militias have taken on primarily defensive roles, engaging the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during its raids into the West Bank's Palestinian enclaves, while also occasionally conducting offensive operations against Israeli military outposts ...
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The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is a known terrorist organization that has trained many female suicide bombers since their uprising as political weapons. In January 2002, the group claimed responsibility for the first female suicide bombing attack inside of Israel, in efforts to push Israel settlers out of West Bank and to form an entirely ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the Gaza war, and the Middle Eastern crisis Satellite view of fires in the Gaza envelope on October 7, 2023 Date October 7–8, 2023 Location Gaza Envelope, Southern District, Israel Result Israeli defensive failure ...
Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups named the attacks Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, [g] [1] while in Israel they are referred to as Black Saturday [h] [26] or the Simchat Torah Massacre, [i] [27] and internationally as the 7 October attacks. [28] [29] [30] The attacks initiated the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.
The Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack was a Palestinian sniper attack against Israeli soldiers and civilians on March 3, 2002. A lone Palestinian sniper, 22-year-old Tha'ir Kayid Hammad ( Arabic : ثائر كايد حمّاد ), a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades from the village of Silwad carried out the attack.
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the military branch of the Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the attack. According to the New York Times , the "Palestinian gunman mistook him for a Jew." [ 2 ] Khoury's father said, "I am against all violent attacks against innocent civilians whether it be against Israeli civilians or Palestinian civilians."